Smile," Says Little Crocodile. A Book About Health Care.

Magic Castle Readers

by Jane Belk Moncure, Linda Hohag (Illustrator)

A smiling crocodile explains how he keeps his smile nice by maintaining good health, exercising, visiting the dentist, eating carefully, and practicing good dental hygiene.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

31 pages, Library Binding

First published November 1, 1987

About the author

Jane Belk Moncure (born December 1926) is an American author of early childhood non-fiction, fiction and poetry. She has also written under the names Bruce Wannamaker and Jennie Davis.

Moncure has lived in Virginia and North Carolina. She worked in early childhood education for thirty-five years. She lives in Elon College, North Carolina.

Moncure is a creative and prolific author: there are millions of her books in circulation, and they are widely distributed in schools and libraries. Distribution has been primarily through The ChildsWorld, ChildrensPress and Scholastic. Her creations and works include My First Steps to Reading, My First Steps to Math, My First Steps to Science, Word Bird, The Soundbox Books, and The Magic Castle Series. Her works have been translated into British English, Spanish, French, Chinese, and Malay. Belk Library, Elon University holds a collection of all published books by Moncure.

Jane Belk Moncure is a recipient of the C.S. Lewis Award and over the past 20 years, her works were recognized by numerous Awards. Most recently, in 2008, Jane received the Scholastic Teacher's Choice Award for her outstanding contribution to the My First Steps to Learning Program. --from Wikipedia

Reviews

[Brittany]

A little crocodile gives advice on how to have a happy, snappy smile by developing healthy habits.

I would use this book in a younger classroom setting, such as PreK and possibly Kindergarten. The books by Jane Belk Moncure usually have a learning lesson behind each one. If I was teaching my students about healthy habits then this would be an awesome book for me to read.

[Alyce Dougan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Smile, Says Little Crocodile. This is a book I would recommend for 3-6 year olds. The book is basically about health, wellness, and nutrition. This would be a good book to teach children healthy habits.

[Jessica · Rating 2 out of 5]

While the Magic Castle Readers seem appealing, each has the same introduction. A good chilren's reader.

[Robert]

i learned ways to be healthy.

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

great system of books to help teach children to read, each book shows one or more lessons on words, repetition or sound editions. this system has great colorful books with very simple books

[Meghan Hunt · Rating 3 out of 5]

could be used for a story time on health or crocodiles.

[Kristina · Rating 4 out of 5]

this is a good book for beginner readers. my younger kids enjoyed this book.