A Girl and Her Gator by Sean Bryan; Illustrated by Tom Murphy
	List Price:   $19.95 Unit Price:   $15.96 You Save:   $3.99 (20%) ISBN-10:   1559707984 ISBN-13:   9781559707985 Publisher:   Arcade Publishing Category:   Picture Books Pub. Date:   April 2006 Pages:   32 Format:   Hardcover Ages:   3 to 6 Grades:   ps to 1
Awards
2007  Great Lakes' Great Books Award  Nominee/Honoree
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION
Description/Notes
One day, a girl discovers an alligator on her head and, although she is afraid her friends will laugh, the 'gator soon convinces her that she can still give her brother a scare, eat an eclair, and choose anything to wear as long as he is there. This joyful follow-up to 'A Boy and His Bunny' shows kids that being different can be all right and even fun, as it tells the story of a young girl with a strange condition--there's an alligator in her hair. Full color. Clairethe sister of the boy who one day woke up with a bunny on his headdiscovers that she too has a strange new condition: When she looks in the mirror, there is a gator in her hair! What is she to do? Panic? Run to Mother? Or, like her brother, learn to enjoy her new friend? With A GIRL AND HER GATOR Sean Bryan and Tom Murphy, the author and illustrator of A Boy and His Bunny, have once again worked their magic. In Claire, they have created an equally spunky and lovable character bound to delight and entertain young children and their parents.