Very Boring Alligator

by Jean Gralley

Book Overview

A hilarious book about friendship, with a reptilian twist. "Very Boring Alligator came one day to play""but he stay stay stayed""and HE WOULDN'T GO AWAY." Nothing will make this boring gator leave: saying "pretty please" doesn't do it; even making heebie jeebie eyes doesn't help. Very Boring Alligator just doesn't seem to get it. The Gator Cops are called in to assist--but then THEY won't go away. With all these unwanted guests romping on the couch,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805063285
• ISBN13: 9780805063288
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.8" x 11.4"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A favorite in my house!

Very Boring Alligator is a favorite in my house. We checked it out of the library and loved it so much that we ended up ordering it. We have favorite sayings which we quote all the time and now Gatorade is called Gator-rator-raid. I highly recommend this book to children of all ages! Ok Boss!!

A Rip Roarin' Good Read.....

"Very Boring Alligator/came one day to play,/but he stay-stay-stayed,/and HE WOULDN'T GO AWAY./ I huffed and I sighed./I made heebie-jeebie eyes./But that Boring Alligator,/he just WOULDN'T GO AWAY." What does a little girl do to get rid of an unwanted guest? Begging didn't work. Pleading didn't work. Moaning and groaning and looking scary didn't work. Even calling the Gator Cops didn't work. It just added to the problem. Finally, frustrated and angry, she takes charge, and succinctly tells them all to STOP! and GO! and they finally "get it". "Now/Gator comes to play/only when I say,/and at the end of play I say, 'Please go away.'/And Gator goes away, right away./Cause I'm the Boss of Play/every day!" Jean Gralley has written a charming and energetic picture book that just begs to be read aloud. Her engaging, rhyming text is full of humor, sound effects, alliteration, wordplay and motion, and is complemented with bold, eye-popping, expressive illustrations that will delight and amuse young and old alike. Perfect for youngsters 4-8, Very Boring Alligator is an entertaining, manic romp that shouldn't be missed.

HILARIOUS!

That very boring alligator will not go away! He will not leave this child's couch. Not when she asks him pretty please. Not when she makes heebie-jeebie eyes. What's a gal to do? Call the Gator Raiders of course!But will this solve the poor girl's problem, or did she just invite more trouble in?This book is a laugh out loud look at how a young child takes matters into her own hands. Great for preschool empowerment segments!