Crazy Charlie
Ruth Brown. Andersen Press, $9.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-86264-840-4
Charlie the crocodile eats everything he sees--until his teeth fall out. Ages 2-5. (Nov.)
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Reviewed on: 03/02/1998
Genre: Children's
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