Amanda and Her Alligator is a fabulous, light-hearted book as are most books by Mo Willems. If you haven't read anything by Mo Willems for children then you are missing out on so much fun and laughter with your kids and students. I'll probably review other books, but I really just wanted to let everyone know the wonderfulness that Amanda and Her Alligator is. If you are looking for the meaning of life or a really complex plot, then don't read this. But if you are looking for some laughter and to enjoy reading about a sweet friendship between a little girl and her stuffed alligator then look no further. I read this to my class this week, and it's the cutest cross between a picture book and chapter book I have read in a long time. I sorta think I enjoyed it more than my students, because I understood all of the jokes and humor that maybe they didn't quite catch (but they still laughed and wanted their own stuffed alligator by the end of it). This book has everything I hoped for: just the right amount of humor, tenderness, and great pictures all rolled into one. Seriously...I could write a book about this cute book, but I think I did a pretty good job not giving away the plot. In a nut shell: cute alligator belongs to cute little girl...they have too much fun together and now I want an alligator.
Until the next pickin'
Mrs. L
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