Children's Books for LA TImes

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Alligator arrived with apples: A Potluck Alphabet Feast






Title: Alligator arrived with apples: A Potluck Alphabet Feast
Author: Crescent Dragonwagon
Illustrator: Jose Aruego & Ariane Dewey     
Date of publication: 1987
Publishing Company: Aladdin Paperbacks
Awards: n/a

Genre: Fiction
Subgenre: Animal Fantasy
Theme: Alphabet animals & foods throughout the ABCs
Primary Characters: animals of the alphabet
Secondary characters: n/a

Classroom Use: a great book to use for learning/reviewing the ABCs, letter recognition, and the holiday, Thanksgiving.

Summary: Different animals of the alphabet all bring a dish for a thanksgiving feast. Each animal and their food all correlates to a specific letter of the alphabet. For examples, the alligator brings apples to the feast to share.


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