Which Roald Dahl book features the enormous crocodile who plans to eat children?

The Roald Dahl book featuring a crocodile who plans to eat children is The Enormous Crocodile. It was published in 1978 and illustrated by Quentin Blake.

The crocodile lives in an African river and boasts about his “secret plans and clever tricks” for catching children. Other animals, including Humpy-Rumpy and Muggle-Wump, oppose him and help expose his schemes.

The book is often remembered simply as “the crocodile story,” but its canonical title is The Enormous Crocodile. It is a short illustrated children’s book rather than one of Dahl’s longer novels such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory or Matilda.

Although the plot includes a threatening predator, Dahl presents the danger through exaggeration, comic dialogue and cartoon-like illustrations. The crocodile’s greed and boasting make him an amusing villain, while the animals’ cooperation drives the story toward its moral reversal.