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| Alligator Sue First Edition Contributor(s): Doucet, Sharon Arms, Wilsdorf, Anne (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0374302189 ISBN-13: 9780374302184 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Retail: $17.00 OUR PRICE: $11.82 You Save Over 30% Buy 100 or more: OUR PRICE: $11.39 Save More! Buy 200 or more: OUR PRICE: $10.88 Save Even More!! Binding Type: School And Library Published: August 2003 Annotation: A spirited girl living in Louisiana's Atchaflaya Swamp claims her identity and her name--Alligator Sue--in this funny, affecting, and wise tale, illustrated with irresistible images. Full color. Accelerated Reader: Reading Level 5.1, 0.5 Points. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Alligators & Crocodiles - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories |
| LC Subject: - Alligators; Fiction. - Identity; Fiction. - Tall tales. |
| Dewey: [E] |
| LCCN: 2001029385 |
| Academic/Grade Level: Grade 1-2, Age 6-7 |
| Book type: Easy Fiction |
| Physical Information: 11.50" H x 9.00" W x 0.30" (0.95 lbs) 40 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 74018 Reading Level: 5.1 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "All you can do is be who you is." Suzanne Marie Sabine Chicot Thibodeaux (called Sue for short) lives on a houseboat deep in Louisiana' s Atchafalaya Swamp. One lazy summer afternoon when the air grows heavier than a catfish's bath towel, a hurricane swoops Sue up -- only to drop her like a hot patate into the swamp below. Sue finds herself nose-to-snout with a queen-sized, prickly-backed mama Alligator. Luckily, Mama Coco is no ordinary gator. She invites Sue into her family and teaches her all she knows. Sue tries hard to be an alligator; still, every once in a while, she recalls a wisp of a familiar song and begins to wonder: Who am I -- a Gator or a Girl? How this spirited heroine claims her identity and her name -- Alligator Sue -- makes a funny, affecting, and wise tale, illustrated with irresistible joie de vivre. |
Contributor Bio(s): iv>Sharon Arms Doucet is also the author of Lapin Plays Possum, which Kirkus Reviews called "a must-have for storytellers and storylovers alike" in a starred review. She lives in Lafayette, Louisiana. Anne Wilsdorf is an illustrator whose previous books include Garrison Keillor's The Old Man Who Loved Cheese. She lives in Lausanne, Switzerland. |
Reviewed by Horn Book Guide Reviews (Horn Book Guide Reviews 2004 Spring) Reading the colorful Cajun expressions aloud with a genuine accent may help hold a young audience's attention through this lengthy tall tale. Comical illustrations chronicle the plucky protagonist's adventures as she survives the hurricane that separates her from her Bayou home and family and deposits her into the midst of a growing alligator family that welcomes her as their own. Copyright 2004 Horn Book Guide Reviews. |
Reviewed by Publishers Weekly Reviews (PW Reviews 2003 July #1) From the author of Lapin Plays Possum comes the tale of a heroine who's half-gator, half-girl, set in Louisiana's Atchafalaya Swamp. After Sue becomes separated from her parents in a hurricane, she's raised in an alligator family ("Before long... Sue forgot to remember the days when she'd been a Girl"). She bonds with her scaly "brothers and sisters" and learns to "[snatch] at dragonflies" and "[crunch] on crawfish." The author does not shy away from the loss of Sue's human parents, but adds some comical contrasts, too, as when Sue tries to swim like her green siblings: "While her brothers and sisters could steer themselves through the water with their powerful notched tails, Sue's hind end just ended." Wilsdorf's (The Old Man Who Loved Cheese) loose black line and watercolor wash make the girl's acceptance into the reptilian family seem plausible; their interactions come across as affectionate and playful. Then one day, Sue and her alligator mother come upon the houseboat (damaged by the hurricane) where Sue was raised by her human parents, and Mama Coco tells her this is where she belongs ("It's time all you children start finding your own dens," she says). The author suffuses the text with plenty of swamp talk and Sue's father's favorite Cajun song ("O yé yaie, mon coeur fait mal") becomes the book's leitmotif. When Sue discovers his old accordion in the dilapidated houseboat, his song releases her grief, and brings healing and even protection as she discovers a way to merge her two selves. A triumphant tale of finding one's own way in the world. Ages 5-8. (Aug.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information. |
Reviewed by School Library Journal Reviews (SLJ Reviews 2003 September) Gr 1-3-Tarzan of the jungle, make way for Sue of the Bayou! Blown off the deck of her family's houseboat as a child, Sue (short for Suzanne Marie Sabine Chicot Thibodeaux) is rescued and raised by a mother alligator. Come spring, she is tired of her "brothers'" teasing, so she returns to her now-deserted home and Mama Coco tells her that it's time to learn how to be a girl again. When another hurricane threatens, Sue uses her boat and her wits to save her gator-mother's new eggs. Although the plot is predictable, it is told with spirited fun. Doucet's ear for the Louisiana lingo gives the story bounce, and imagery abounds. Wilsdorf's lively ink-and-watercolor cartoon illustrations accentuate the regional feel and help define the characters. The protagonist's bright red dress and upwardly pointed pigtails help her character splash to life against the mossy green of the swamp. Children will love this "rich as pecan pralines" tale of spunky Sue.-Donna Cardon, Provo City Library, UT Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information. |
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