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This book gives off a very powerful message of knowing one's self worth. Throughout the story even though Lapin was much smaller he always made sure to use his best assets, his brain. This story also explains that in the end you will eventually regret how many times you may wrong someone. It is very important for kids to learn that even though you may be smarter than another person, youdo not havethe right to trick that person for your personal benefit.

"Alligator Sue" is an amusing book with funny illustrations. Sue lives in the swamp on a houseboat with her family till one day she is whisked away in a hurricane. Sue is adopted by an alligator who has many babies, they become her brothers and sisters. Sue being human has a hard time doing things just like alligators do. One day the mother alligator takes Sue back to her family's abandon houseboat so that she can live like a human again. Sue finds it to be rather lonely living alone. Sue goes out in the boat to find her alligator family and her alligator mom who has new eggs. Another hurricane begins, Sue and her alligator brother Chomps go to rescue mama gator and her eggs and bring them all to her houseboat. Sue is then asked to be godmother to the hatchlings and basically live happily ever after. Sue sees herself as half girl- half alligator. It is a cute fun book.

I liked this collection of folk tales. Each story was comical and the illustrations really captured the personalities of each character. Having been born and raised in Louisiana I found it especially amusing.½

A book worth the read. This is a comical story where little Sue lived on a houseboat, meaning a house on the water, and a hurricane hits. During the hurricane Sue was toss into the trees. She then met an Alligator who was considered Mama Alligator. "Mama" took her in as one of her own and little Sue couldn't keep up as being an alligator. Soon after "Mama" tells Sue the truth. She is not actually an alligator and is a little girl human. They find her old houseboat and Sue moves back homes. Now Sue thinks she is half girl half alligator. I loved this book because of the creativity along with the story. I can imagine a classroom of second graders laughing so hard at this story.

No creature is as good at being bad as Lapin, a no-good, no-count, do-nothing rascal of a rabbit down the banks of a Louisiana bayou. The truth is, as long as there are fools to be fooled, Lapin figures he might as well do the fooling. And the fortunate readers of these three illustrated tales will soon discover they wouldn't want it any other way.

Sue lives in a houseboat with her parents in Atchafalaya Louisiana swamp, and she loves her parents. One day there is a hurricane, and Sue is pushed away from her house boat to wild parts of the swamp. An alligator finds Sue and takes care of her. The name of the alligator is Coco, and Sue calls her mama Coco. Mama Coco takes care of Sue, and her babies. Sue gets along with her new brother and sister alligators, but she is mostly attached to Chomp. Mama Coco teaches her babies to be an alligator, but Sue cannot keep up. Sue starts to feel uncomfortable, and wonders why she cannot be a good alligator. Eventually mama Coco tells Sue that she is not an alligator, and that she is a girl. Mama Coco and Sue find Sue’s old houseboat halfway destroyed, and Sue decides to learn to be a girl. Eventually Sue learns to be a girl, but she feels lonely, and decides to visit Mama Coco and Chomp. There is a big hurricane, and Sue and Chomp go to Mama Coco’s nest and help her save her new eggs. Sue decides to live in the house, and play music every Saturday, and many people and alligators come to dance and listen. Sue considered herself half girl and half alligator. The book shows readers the types of animals that are in Louisiana, and how the weather is. The illustrations of the swamp seem to reflect Louisiana’s swamps, and many Louisiana expressions are used. French music is played by Sue’s father, and gumbo is cooked by Sue’s mother.

Alligator Sue is a story about a young girl who gets swept away from her family during a hurricane and is raised by a mother alligator. The girl struggles to keep up with her new brothers and sisters swimming around the bayous and doing alligator activities. Eventually, the mother alligator shows the girl her old home and informs her of her human past. The girl combines her life as an alligator and her life as a human to create her own happiness. I thought this was a cute story children would enjoy hearing. I think a child would be very interested in a girl that was part alligator and part human. The book also had nice illustrations .

This book is taken place in Louisiana. It is about a young girl named Sue who lives in a houseboat on the Louisiana Swamp. She drops her food into the water and notices an alligator. Well this isn't your typical alligator. This alligator is known as Mama alligator and invites Sue to meet her family and teach her everything she knows about being an alligator. Sue tries so hard to become one and she wants to know if she really is an alligator or a girl. This book is funny and interesting for young students. Her name is now alligator sue because she is confused. I think this would be a good book to read to young children in a classroom because young students' have great imaginations.½

This fun story will surely make students' imaginations go crazy. Sue is a girl who lives with her family on a houseboat in the swamps of Louisiana. After a hurricane comes and detroys Sue and her family's home, they are seperated. Sue finds love and comfort from a alligator named Mama Coco. Mama Coco raises Sue like she is her own child. One day while Sue is swimming she stumbles across her old houseboat. Mama Coco reminds her of her past and Sue remembers she was a human at one time. Sue lives on her houseboat again, this time all alone. Another hurricane comes and with the help of her facvorite alligator brother, Chomp, Sue rescues Mama Coco and her eggs. After the hurricane has passed Sue realizes she can be a human and still have her alligator family.
The author of this story shows readers a fun and loving side of alligators, instead of portraying them as vicious creatures. This book was very enjoyable to read to my child and the illustrations were phenomenol. If I were a teacher I would read this to my students when discussing Louisiana authors.

Z loves these trickster tales from the Bayou. I am the unfortunate victim of the love, in that he's been reenacting the tricks to the best of his ability using household objects.

A young girl becomes separated from her human parents and learns to live like an alligator. Later, she discovers and embraces her former way of life as a human and adds a touch of alligator life.

The book would be a good way to begin a discussion about enduring chances and embracing what defines and individual.