Crocodiles Everywhere
By (Author) Estel Meza
Illustrated by Estel Meza
Penguin Young Readers
Penguin Young Readers
4th November 2025
United States
Children
Non Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
Hardback
40
Width 216mm, Height 279mm
567g
Like The Rabbit Listened and The Color Monster, this bighearted, stunningly illustrated book helps children to acknowledge and confront their most difficult emotions.
After a girls best friend moves away, she starts seeing two creatures everywhere she goes: a gray crocodile who weeps for hours, and a loud crocodile who breaks things and creates all kinds of chaos. Nobody else seems to see them, though, and when they even follow her to her familys beach vacation, the girl decides she needs to talk to them. It turns out she has a lot in common with both of these creatures: She has been feeling sad and angry too.
Estel Mezagrew up surrounded by books, and her love for illustration began when she attended a children's book fair with her father.Her picture books, which have been published in Mexico, Spain, and the U.S., include Finding Home and Peace, and she is a recipient of the premierpicture book award in Mexico, A laOrilladelViento.Estellives in Mexico City, where she enjoys the beautiful process of combining motherhood with illustration.