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'Written in fast-paced, catchy verse Crocodile Cake is about a little girl who bakes a very dangerous cake - the kind you have to eat before it eats you.' (From the publisher's website)

Notes

This is affiliated with Dr Laurel Cohn's Picture Book Diet because it contains representations of food and/or food practices.

Food depiction	Storyline
Food types	Discretionary foods High sugar foods
Food practices	Parties and Entertaining Food preparation
Gender	Food preparation - female [domestic] Food preparation - male [domestic]
Signage	n/a
Positive/negative value	n/a
Food as sense of place	Domestic
Setting	Domestic interior
Food as social cohesion	Social gatherings
Food as cultural identity	White Australian characters
Food as character identity	Imagining food
Food as language	n/a

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[Review] Crocodile Cake Judithe Hall , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 53 no. 3 2009; (p. 25)
— Review of Crocodile Cake Palo Morgan , 2009 single work picture book

[Review] Crocodile Cake Sharon Greenaway , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 24 no. 3 2009; (p. 29)
— Review of Crocodile Cake Palo Morgan , 2009 single work picture book

[Review] Crocodile Cake Vicki Stanton , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Books Buzz , August no. 10 2009; (p. 4-5)
— Review of Crocodile Cake Palo Morgan , 2009 single work picture book

[Review] Crocodile Cake Hannah Francis , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , May/June vol. 88 no. 8 2009; (p. 12)
— Review of Crocodile Cake Palo Morgan , 2009 single work picture book

[Review] Crocodile Cake Vicki Stanton , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Books Buzz , August no. 10 2009; (p. 4-5)
— Review of Crocodile Cake Palo Morgan , 2009 single work picture book