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Alan's Big, Scary Teeth

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Alan's Big, Scary Teeth by Jarvis, and Jarvis

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By Jarvis, and and, Jarvis

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The Winner of the 2017 V&A Best Illustrated Book Award

An alligator who snaps, becomes an alligator who th-naps in this hilarious, heart-warming story of making new friends and discovering who you really are.

Meet Alan, an alligator with a secret. Famed for his big, scary teeth, he sneaks into the jungle every day to scare the jungle animals … “I’m big, scary Alan! Fear my razor-sharp teeth!” But after a long day of scaring, Alan likes nothing better than to run a warm mud bath and take out his false teeth, which nobody knows about! That is, until his teeth go missing. What will Alan do now? Scaring is the only thing he knows how to do! Can he still be scary without them? A goofy comedy of self-discovery, witty, warm-hearted storytelling and bright graphic art will make this (and Alan!) a firm children’s book favourite.

Reviews

02 Apr 2025

Liked it

18 Jan 2025

It’s really happy in the end. yeah

14 Sep 2024

I really enjoyed reading it.

12 Sep 2024

It's a picture book that I used to read. It's quite funny because at the end a little hamster-like thing borrows Alan's false teeth and he looks quite silly.

01 Sep 2024

This is a funny story.

I like it as it makes me laugh. You think Alan is a scary crocodile, but he is a big softy, with false teeth.

It made me sad, when his friends were laughing at him, but they all made friends again at the end

30 Aug 2024

Me and my brother loved reading this book

28 Aug 2024

I gave it 2 out of 5 because I’ve read it so many times it’s a bit boring for me now and I’m not the biggest fan of it.

27 Aug 2024

Lovely book

25 Aug 2024

Easy to read and is very funny

24 Aug 2024

Great book

15 Aug 2024

Its a scary story at the start then it stops.

05 Aug 2024

It is funny. I like he gets his teeth back

02 Aug 2024

This book is about Alan scary alligator with false teeth

01 Aug 2024

Kindness

30 Jul 2024

Very funny nice story

07 Jul 2024

I like this book because everyone is scared of Alan but actually he has false teeth he should have told the truth and no one would be mad at him so I learnt you should always tell the truth the person I like most is Alan this is a fiction book and I would recommend it to many children

06 Jul 2024

I did not like this book so much, because he had fake teeth and so it felt untrue.

27 Dec 2023

We like this

09 Dec 2023

Really funny and clever!

11 Sep 2023

I learnt to always be yourself

05 Sep 2023

My favourite part was when Alan took his teeth out at the end

05 Sep 2023

It was really funny when the crocodile took his teeth out at the end

03 Sep 2023

I really liked this book, it was so funny.

28 Aug 2023

I love this book. It's funny.

21 Aug 2023

This was a nice book

13 Aug 2023

I like when he loses his teeth

12 Aug 2023

Very funny book about scary crocodile who has fake teeth .

08 Aug 2023

A lovely story about a crocodile who learns to stop scaring others

04 Aug 2023

It was funny and I learned it’s nicer to be kind and Alan should be kind!

03 Aug 2023

I. Like when Alan gives his teeth to Barry the beaver and when Barry goes grrr.

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