Alligator Baby

Another weird book by Munsch.

Kristen's clueless parents drive to the zoo instead of the hospital when her mom is in labor. Three times, they ignore their daughter's warnings that their son is another's, and three times they get whapped in the face by the not-a-people-baby.

Finally, Kristen has to save the day, which she does in a quick and admirable way (the illustrations in the zoo are funny in and of themselves, by the way). Everybody gets their own baby back, and we're told that everything is fine from then on... until Kristen's mom had twins. (Uh-oh.)

This book is so absurd, you can't not love it. I really recommend it to anybody having a second child. It's a wonderful change of pace from standard "new baby" books.

Alligator Baby is a picturebook about Kristen and her family. Her mom is having a baby and the whole family is excited. On the way to the hospital her parents get lost and the mom gives birth to a healthy baby boy in the zoo. But they soon realize they brought home the wrong baby, they brought animals from the zoo! After several attempts to bring the new baby home, Kristen takes matters in her own hands and rides to the zoo on her bike. She finds her baby brother and brings him home. All is well until all the mother animals come to the house looking for their babies.

This book is a personal favorite of mine from my childhood! I love this story because it’s silly and entertaining. The illustrations really bring the story to life and show more show the characters’ emotions.

This book could be used in the classroom in a sequencing unit. The teacher could write the different events on pieces of paper, scramble them up, and have the children put them in order. This book has different kinds of animals that you would find in a zoo so the class could be split into groups and each group does a study over one of the animals in the book. show less

In this book, a girl's baby brother is born at the zoo and her parents keep bringing the wrong kind of baby home. Finally she sets off on her bicycle with a flashlight on her head to retrieve her brother and save the day. All mommies are reunited with their babies in the end.

This book is engaging in classic Munsch/Martchenko style: zany storytelling, colorful illustrations, and the perfect balance between pattern, detail, and the unexpected. Great for reading aloud.

I liked the book "Alligator Baby". I like the plot of this book. The parents have their baby at the zoo instead of the hospital and have a baby switch, only the older brother realizes what has happened and that all the babies are confused. I also love the illustrations. They are whimsical and funny. They add to the tone of the story. The big idea of this book is getting a new sibling.

Kristen's parents accidentally have a baby at the zoo and bring home everything but a human baby. The parents return to the zoo multiple times and never bring back their baby. Kristen, a child, has to go there herself to retrieve her little baby sibling. This book is sure to make any child laugh. The silly and crazy ways of the parents are comical. The book has context clues that help children to guess what animal the parents brought home.

Picture Book:
Another funny Robert Munsch book about a family that mistakenly goes to the zoo instead of the hospital to have a baby. They get home and realize they have an alligator baby, then a seal baby and finally a gorilla baby, until the daughter finally brings home the real baby.

Personal Reaction:
I really liked this book cause it is fiction with a touch of reality. It puts a funny twist to a very important day to a big brother/sister!

Classroom Extension:
1) I would read this book when a student is soon to have a new little brother/sister.
2) I would have a discussion with the students about what other kinds of baby animals might be cool to have.

Un bebe Alligator was a pretty good book. I had to read it for french so it's deffinatly not the kind of book I'd regularly read. I think I found it really boring because it's written for kids way younger, but it was alright.

This was about a mom who's about to have her baby but her husband accidentally drives her to the zoo. She accidentally brings home a baby alligator instead of her son and when she does her daughter realizes.
Basically this happens with a seal and gorilla too. At the end the daughter goes to the zoo and finds her baby brother.

It was alright, easy french read. Recommended only for french book reports. Bye for now!