The Three Little Gators - Hardcover

Ketteman, Helen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 080757824X ISBN 13: 9780807578247

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Co, 2009

Synopsis

A delightfull retelling of the three little pigs story. Three little gators strike out on their own in an east Texas swamp. Their mother warns them to build strong houses that can protect them from Big-bottomed Boar, who likes to eat tasty, tender gators for his snack. Soon, First Gator builds himself a nice house out of rocks. Second Gator reckons rocks are too much work, so he builds his house with sticks. And Third Gator’s house of sand is the easiest one to build! But soon Big-bottomed Boar shows up. With a bump, bump, bump of the fierce boar's rump, he knocks over Third Gator's house of sand. It doesn't take long for that rump to bump Second Gator's house of sticks. But he can't knock over Third Gator's house of stones, so he tries another way in - through the chimney! Guess what happens to the Boar's rump after that?!

About this title

About the Author:

Helen Ketteman is the author of more than twenty picture books, including Senorita Gordita and The Three Little Gators, a 2010 Wanda Gag Award Honor Book. A longtime resident of Texas, she now lives in Florida, with her husband.

From Publishers Weekly:

Readers-particularly from the Lone Star State-who can't get enough of the original Three Little Pigs may enjoy this Texan transformation from the team behind Armadilly Chili. Ketteman's story features three gap-toothed young gators who outwit the Big-bottomed Boar, but the tag lines are not quite as memorable as the original wolf's huffing and puffing. When he's refused entry to the gators' houses, the boar threatens, "Then I'll wiggle my rump with a bump, bump, bump and smash your house!" The neon gators are differentiated only by a straw hat, a baseball cap, and a pair of glasses (which naturally belong to the smartest gator, who builds his house out of rocks). Ketteman adds a subtle-if somewhat didactic-message about sloth by having the gators scorn each others' building materials ("Bad choice.... Rocks are heavy and too much work"). Still, folksy details in both text ("Third Gator ran faster than a fox after a muskrat") and art (a bottle of boar sauce sits next to the fireplace, as the boar earns some grill marks) should entertain. Ages 4-8.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Co
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 080757824X
• ISBN 13: 9780807578247
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Terry Will