Trosclair and the Alligator - Hardcover

Huggins, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1932065989 ISBN 13: 9781932065985

Publisher: Star Bright Books, 2005

Synopsis

Bank Street College "Best Children's Books of the year 2007" and CCBC Choices 2007
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About this title

About the Author:

Peter Huggins is a poet and an author of books for children. He has published three books of poetry and his work has appeared on over 100 journals and magazines. He is a professor of English at Auburn University in Alabama.
Originally a textile designer, Lindsey Gardiner writes and illustrates many of her own books for children in addition to illustrating books for other authors. She lives in Scotland and teaches at the University of Dundee.

Review:

Comical illustrations crackle with Cajun flavor and paneled scenes ripple the action, bringing it into play. Never mind that an alligator doesn t know what a beehive is, this swampy romp of an impish boy outwitting the gnarly gator is plain ole Cajun fun. --Kirkus Reviews

The language is rich with imagery and vernacular that begs to be read aloud. Huggins provides a careful balance between evocative dialect and a readable tale. The mixed-media artwork combines watercolors, ink, and cut paper in a visual gumbo, layered with heat and cool, humor and fear. A successful pairing of text and illustrations. --School Library Journal

The language is rich with imagery and vernacular that begs to be read aloud. Huggins provides a careful balance between evocative dialect and a readable tale. The mixed-media artwork combines watercolors, ink, and cut paper in a visual gumbo, layered with heat and cool, humor and fear. A successful pairing of text and illustrations. --School Library Journal

The language is rich with imagery and vernacular that begs to be read aloud. Huggins provides a careful balance between evocative dialect and a readable tale. The mixed-media artwork combines watercolors, ink, and cut paper in a visual gumbo, layered with heat and cool, humor and fear. A successful pairing of text and illustrations. --School Library Journal

The language is rich with imagery and vernacular that begs to be read aloud. Huggins provides a careful balance between evocative dialect and a readable tale. The mixed-media artwork combines watercolors, ink, and cut paper in a visual gumbo, layered with heat and cool, humor and fear. A successful pairing of text and illustrations. --School Library Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Star Bright Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1932065989
• ISBN 13: 9781932065985
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Gardiner Lindsey