Creole (Serendipity)

by Stephen Cosgrove

Book Overview

Creole is a unique creature who lives alone in the swamp. She lives alone because the other creatures that live there are frightened by her looks. Looks can be deceiving and so can judging a book by... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: B0094SK1RG
• Release Date: January 1975
• Publisher: Price Stern Sloan
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Enchanting illustrations

I've still got the copy of "Creole" I purchased as a kid sitting in my living room. The illustrations are so rich and beautiful they instantly sweep me away into the world of Robin James. I love the details in her illustrations. The message is simple and holds true today as much as when I was 10. Perhaps the alligator stopped stuttering because speaking up for a friend took the focus off of his speech and supporting his friend was the most important thing.

Good moral lesson; cute art.

Creole, the Big Scary Swamp Critter, is shunned by all of the other marsh denizens. Only a fellow misfit--a stuttering alligator who's often on the business end of taunts--will even give her the time of day. How can they win the acceptance of their neighbors? This book is a good and uplifting read for any kid who's ever felt like a freak. And Robin James's slightly saccharine but highly intricate art is another plus.

Read Aloud for Optimal Pleasure

"On a foggy, foggy morning, in the land of the swamp, from a battered speckled egg, Creole was born." Serendipity books are made to share. The words are on the left page, pictures on the right. You can fold the book back (I know- People for the Ethical Treatment of Books will object.) and your audience can view the picture as you read. Of course, you will prefer some over others but they're all worth buying! Each has a moral at the end. Creole meets up with a stuttering baby alligator and makes a friend.

At 24 this is still my favorite book!

I first read this book as a child, and I still love to read it now. I love the morals and this one truely is touching. I feel that ever child that is dealing with being different should read this book and learn the individual differences about us are what makes us special. A Wonderful story!

A true Serendipity book

Trust the Serendipity books to come up with such a strange creature for such a familiar tale! Creole is an apparent monster, stirring fear and hatred wherever she goes, but when she finds a friend, she begins to hope for a better life. However, things do not exactly go as planned when she tries again to share her good nature with the rest of the forest. Wonderful artwork, and a wonderful way to teach your children that appearance isn't nearly as important as true intentions.