The greedy python

author: Buckley, Richard
"The Greedy Python" is quick to gobble up every creature he meets--including to his own great misfortune, himself, when he mistakes the tip of his tail for a lunchtime treat. With drawings by one of the country's most popular illustrators, this story of a python who is quick to eat everything in sight, including the end of his tail on one sad day, is sure to delight and amuse young readers. Full-color illustrations.
year: 2012, 1985, 2009, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2015
call number/section: 1000
subjects: pythons, fiction, snakes, food habits, greed, stories in rhyme, animals, food, juvenile fiction, avarice, talking books for children, fiction, juvenile fiction, eating customs, stories in rhyme

Editions


The greedy python
Buckley, Richard
Simon Spotlight (2012)
A greedy python swallows ten animals whole, and feeling a bit ill coughs them out, leaving him hungry again.
Schools: 15



The Greedy Python
Buckley, Richard
Scholastic, Inc (1985)

Schools: 2



The greedy python
Buckley, Richard
Little Simon (2009)
"The Greedy Python" is quick to gobble up every creature he meets--including to his own great misfortune, himself, when he mistakes the tip of his tail for a lunchtime treat. With drawings by one of the country's most popular illustrators, this story of a python who is quick to eat everything in sight, including the end of his tail on one sad day, is sure to delight and amuse young readers. Full-color illustrations.
Schools: 1



The greedy python
Buckley, Richard
Scholastic, Inc (1992)
A greedy python eats to excess, finally eating himself.
Schools: 1



The greedy python
Buckley, Richard
Scholastic (1995)
A greedy python eats to excess, finally eating himself.
Schools: 0



The greedy python
Buckley, Richard
Little SImon (1998)
A greedy python eats to excess, finally eating himself.
Schools: 0



The greedy python
Buckley, Richard
Little Simon (2015)
A greedy python swallows ten animals whole, and feeling a bit ill coughs them out, leaving him hungry again.
Schools: 1



The greedy python
Buckley, Richard

After swallowing every creature that a greedy python encounters in the jungle, the animals in the snake's belly befriend one another and kick him from the inside until he spits them out, in a story that explores themes of manners, respect and friendship.
Schools: 1



The Greedy Python
Buckley, Richard
s.n.

Schools: 0



The greedy python
Buckley, Richard

A greedy python eats to excess, finally eating himself.
Schools: 1


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