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    I Want Your Smile, Crocodile
    I Want Your Smile, Crocodile
    I Want Your Smile, Crocodile
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    I Want Your Smile, Crocodile

    By Denette Fretz and Jackie Urbanovic

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    I want your smile, Crocodile.

    Kids love your pointy chin.

    If it were mine,

    they’d stand in line,

    and wait for me to grin.

    Would life for a spunky meerkat pup be better with polar bear hair? Porcupine spines? A crocodile smile? As Jack the meerkat covets all the things his zoo friends have, he creates calamity and discovers contentment in this humorous tale celebrating God's perfect, purposeful design. Written by critically acclaimed author Denette Fretz and illustrated by New York Times bestselling artist Jackie Urbanovic, this comical story of self-acceptance will have readers giggling through the pages.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZondervan
    Release dateApr 17, 2018
    ISBN9780310758952
    I Want Your Smile, Crocodile
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    Denette Fretz

    Denette Fretz is the critically acclaimed author of two books in “The Next Door Series”––Pirates on the Farm and Conrad and the Cowgirl Next Door. A perpetual doodler and songster, Fretz teaches elementary art and music in Medford, Oregon.

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