Alligator Sue

by Sharon Arms Doucet

Book Overview

"All you can do is be who you is." Suzanne Marie Sabine Chicot Thibodeaux (called Sue for short) lives on a houseboat deep in Louisiana's Atchafalaya Swamp. One lazy summer afternoon when the air grows heavier than a catfish's bath towel, a hurricane swoops Sue up -- only to drop her like a hot patate into the swamp below. Sue finds herself nose-to-snout with a queen-sized, prickly-backed mama Alligator. Luckily, Mama Coco is no ordinary gator. She...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374302189
• ISBN13: 9780374302184
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Melanie Kroupa Books
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.3" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 5 years and up
• Grade Range: Kindergarten and higher

Customer Reviews

Hysterical!

My kids, and myself loved this book so much at the library, we had to have a copy for ourselves. The pictures are great, the story is too funny, and you just can't help but read aloud with a Southern accent!

Just Lovely!

I really liked this book. I did this book for a reader's theater and it turn out pretty good. I am sure ole Alligator Sue's author would have love to see that play!

Excellent Book with Lots of Cajun Local Color

My four-year-old daughter first got this book as a loan from the local library, and liked it so much that I bought her a copy to keep. Kids love Sue's free-spirit character and are fascinated by the alligators with whom Sue grows up and regards as her siblings. The book is broken up into three or four chapters, all colorfully illustrated. Because the book is a bit long for younger children, I find it best to read only one or two chapters at a time. Highly recommended.