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| Alligators All Around (The Nutshell Library) | 
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| Creator: Maurice Sendak
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Category: Book
List Price: $5.95
Buy New: $2.38
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 27948
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Baby-Preschool
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 4.5 x 0.2
ISBN: 0064432548
EAN: 9780064432542
ASIN: 0064432548
Publication Date: March 15, 1991
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand New. Delivery is usually 5 - 8 working days from order, International is by Royal Mail Airmail
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Amazon.com Review
Those alligators really do get around! Whether they're entertaining elephants, making macaroni, having headaches, or throwing tantrums, the rascally reptiles are never napping! Maurice Sendak's alphabet book will have young "readers" reciting their ABC's in no time. The three-color illustrations endear these quite quarrelsome critters to readers' hearts. Mom, Dad, and Junior are brimming with personality; the collective images create a complete picture of the nutty--yet remarkably familiar--household. Somehow, these likable lizards manage to capture the foibles and peculiarities of human nature better than many bipeds ever could. Yet beneath their very vain and sometimes shockingly spoiled surface, the friendly fanged creatures have a charm that no one can resist. Sendak, beloved author-illustrator of such classics as Where the Wild Things Are, In the Night Kitchen, and Chicken Soup with Rice, much like his green gator gang, is always getting giggles. (Baby to preschool) --Emilie Coulter
Product Description
`An alligator jamboree, with all the letters ' A through Z.'
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 Love the book, miss the hard cover version November 12, 2007
I grew up reading these Sendak books, and watching the Really Rosie movie that incorporates them, and love them. My son loves them too. I do however, miss the hard cover version. The paperbacks seem kind of flimsy and it takes two hands to keep the pages open.
Sweet Memories July 8, 2006
When I read this book, I just can't help but sing the song from the Really Rosie TV special back in the 80's. (I also bought the CD.) It is a favorite of mine, of my grown children, and sure to become a favorite of their children for whom I bought it. Charming illustrations, clever content and a fun way to learn the alphabet.
An ABC book fit for wild things September 15, 2004
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Maurice Sendak's Alligators All Around: An Alphabet portrays a family of three alligators through the ups and downs of daily life in their household. Not a traditional narrative, the personalities of the alligator family emerge in a series of humorous vignettes associated with each letter of the alphabet. "D" shows the child grudgingly helping his father "doing dishes"; "G" shows the family enjoying each other's company "getting giggles"; "T" shows the child "throwing tantrums," which may be the cause for "H" showing the parents in bed with cold compresses "having headaches." Each letter receives one page, with three-color illustrations appearing in boxed panels. Sendak's unique style comes through, with the alligator parents showing shades of "wild things" and the alligator child marching across the pages like Max. Beneath the illustrations, an uppercase serif letter appears in the lower-left corner along with the associated phrase of words starting with the letter. Children will love the small size of the book (approximately 5"x7") and will notice the relationship between the letters of the alphabet and the sounds they make in words.
Alligator antics April 15, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is an alphabet book featuring alligators drawn by Maurice Sendak. Each letter has the alligators doing some activity, such as getting giggles for "g" or throwing tantrums for "t". The book is cute and not scary. It has about 60 words.
A Awesome B Book C Creativity Concoction by Sendak July 18, 2000
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Wow! This is the best alphabet book ever! With words such as "N Never Napping, O Ordering Oatmeal, P Pushing People", along with adorable pictures of the goofy alligator pulling these stunts, this book is the love of many young children. Any child who misses out on this book is missing out on a treasure!
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