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costaverde | Dec 11, 2009 |

This book is a fun example of a fantasy book because the alligators in the book doing many human things. They get headaches, they quarrel, they talk, wear clothing, and they eat oatmeal. An alligator cannot do any of these things in real life.
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rbelknap | Sep 19, 2009 |

What is amazing about the work of M. Sendak is the ar work, his particular way to depict anything with a high dosis of fantasy and even surrealism. This alligators are not an exception and their activities are a source of fun and enchantment. A book for everyone despite age...

flaguna | Dec 2, 2008 |

Alligators All Around: An Alphabet by Maurice Sendak has Sendak’s classic illustrations of alligators doing ridiculous things; but Sendak’s text is not politically correct in this day and age (for example, imitating Indians and pushing people). It's not my favorite.

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Nutshell Library

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1962

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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

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