NELLIE AND HER FLYING CROCODILE

by Chad Walsh ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 9, 1956

Hunky is the flying crocodile, member of the bahagohunk species, and the adventures of Nellie and her family with him have their overtones in directives for the good life that may be reminiscent of this author's writings in the field of practical religion. The doings, which take place on and around Lakes Iroquois and Champlain, are humorously involved. Nellie, who arrives at Lake Iroquois with her parents for the summer, is bored for she has no playmates and her brother and sister are away in England. But her ennui is soon interrupted by an evil seddaglonk from whose rapacious grasp she is saved by Hunky. Hunky whisks Nellie off to his home in the trees along Lake Champlain and Nellie in turn is able to bring Hunky on a visit to her parents. There he and his joyful ways teach the Smiths how to live life anew and even persuade them all to live for a while in Bahaland. In the end the Smiths realize they can't be fully happy away from their own world (for example bahagohunks have too steady a diet of fish), but an agreeable arrangement of visiting times is established between Hunky and Nellie when the Smiths go home.

Pub Date: May 9, 1956

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Harper

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1956

Categories: FICTION