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Bess and Croc

Story Stats

Rating: 4
Grade Level: 3, 4, 5
Page count: 12
Categories: Animal Stories

Author

Elizabeth
Coatsworth

Appeared in

A Newbery Zoo: A Dozen Animal Stories by Newbery Award-Winning Authors

Story Summary

As Bob and his little sister, Bess, travel the Nile with their parents, Bob makes up scary stories about Croc that has his sister more than a little worried.