Episode 2: Beatrice and Croc Harry
After a deep-dive into Beatrice and Croc Harry, the latest book from author Lawrence Hill, Ainara jumps on her bike to meet him deep in the forest to discuss talking animals, wordplay, self-identity, and oatmeal.
More About the Book
Beatrice and Croc Harry is a novel for children and adults about a young girl who awakens alone with amnesia in a massive forest, where every conceivable fish, bird, mammal and reptile coexist. She has no idea who she is. She doesn’t even know her last name, or that she is Black.
Beatrice forms a tempestuous friendship with a natural predator — a 700-pound, fast-talking crocodile named Harry. Perhaps he can help assemble her lost identity. Together, they embark on a journey that they hope will lead Beatrice home, even though she doesn’t know what or where home is.
Learn even more about Beatrice and Croc Harry
About Lawrence Hill
Hill is the author of eleven books of fiction and non-fiction. He has won numerous awards such as the National Magazine Award, the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, as well as Canada Reads twice. Beatrice and Croc Harry is his first book published for a youth audience. He is a member of the Order of Canada and recipient of ten honorary doctorates from Canadian universities.
Learn more about Lawrence Hill on his website