{"id":1007,"date":"2015-07-08T13:02:29","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T13:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1007"},"modified":"2015-08-16T10:27:03","modified_gmt":"2015-08-16T10:27:03","slug":"the-unexpected-crocodile-by-kim-kane-and-sara-acton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/07\/08\/the-unexpected-crocodile-by-kim-kane-and-sara-acton\/","title":{"rendered":"The Unexpected Crocodile&lt;br&gt;by Kim Kane and Sara Acton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image2-31.jpg?resize=255%2C323\" alt=\"Image 2\" width=\"255\" height=\"323\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" \/><strong>Peggy's family is hosting a barbecue for their neighbours, the Dawsons. Peggy is not sure about the Dawson boys but she is delighted with the unexpected arrival of a crocodile.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What an unfortunate habit though of eating the guests!!<\/p>\n<p>This book is brilliant, the story just leads you on into the world of a very polite but yet hungry crocodile. The illustrations are a real joy of the book, simply drawn yet captivating, especially the expressions.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Kim Kane\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KimKaneAuthor\">Kim Kane<\/a> has been <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Short list\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Short_list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">short listed<\/a> for many awards and now lives in Melbourne,Australia and this partnership with <a title=\"Sara Acton\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/saraactonillustration\">Sara Acton<\/a>, is one to watch.<\/p>\n<p>Sara lives near a beach in <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Sydney\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=-33.8599722222,151.211111111&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=-33.8599722222,151.211111111 (Sydney)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Sydney<\/a>, just how awesome is that! From there she writes and draws in her studio for <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Children's literature\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Children%27s_literature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">children's books<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Unexpected Crocodile is published by <a title=\"Allen and Unwin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allenandunwin.com\/search#searchword=Sara%20Acton\">Allen and Unwin<\/a>, and is part of their excellent portfolio of children's books.<\/p>\n<p>It can be purchased on line and if you buy through Dolphin Booksellers, we will donate 10% to Kalpana finding a home again in <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Nepal\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=27.7,85.3166666667&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=27.7,85.3166666667 (Nepal)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Nepal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sue Martin<em> <a title=\"Dolphin Booksellers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\">Dolphin Booksellers <\/a> and <a title=\"Books Go Walkabout\" href=\"http:\/\/www.booksgowalkabout.com\">Books Go Walkabout<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<br>\r\nDolphinbooksellers.co.uk is part of <a\r\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.smithmartinpartnership.com\" target=\"_blank\">SmithMartin\r\nLLP<\/a><br>\r\n<br>\r\nA retail resource for the best children's books, entry point into our\r\nchildren's and community library procurement and supply service. Offering a miscellany of news and featured authors for all our readers,\r\nwhatever their age.<\/small><br><br><br>\r\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peggy's family is hosting a barbecue for their neighbours, the Dawsons. Peggy is not sure about the Dawson boys but she is delighted with the unexpected arrival of a crocodile. What an unfortunate habit though of eating the guests!! This book is brilliant, the story just leads you on into the world of a very <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/07\/08\/the-unexpected-crocodile-by-kim-kane-and-sara-acton\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"The Unexpected Crocodile&lt;br&gt;by Kim Kane and Sara Acton\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<br>\r\nDolphinbooksellers.co.uk is part of <a\r\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.smithmartinpartnership.com\" target=\"_blank\">SmithMartin\r\nLLP<\/a><br>\r\n<br>\r\nA retail resource for the best children's books, entry point into our\r\nchildren's and community library procurement and supply service. Offering a miscellany of news and featured authors for all our readers,\r\nwhatever their age.<\/small><br><br><br>\r\n<\/body>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15,5,7,6,4],"tags":[311,256,64,310,309],"class_list":{"0":"post-1007","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-dolphinbooksellers","7":"category-featured-authors","8":"category-featured-childrens-book","9":"category-featured-illustrators","10":"category-new-titles","11":"tag-allen-and-unwin","12":"tag-booksgowalkabout","13":"tag-dolphin-booksellers","14":"tag-kim-kane","15":"tag-sara-acton","16":"h-entry","17":"hentry","18":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pqnT3-gf","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}