Zack's Alligator (An I Can Read Book) [Paperback]

Shirley Mozelle (Author), James Watts (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: K and up | Series: I Can Read Book 2

When Bridget the alligator arrives in the mail, she's only the size of a key chain! But after Zack soaks her in water, she grows into a real live alligator. Bridget wrestles the garden hose and swings from the monkey bars. And what other alligator can do cartwheels?

Children's Books of 1989 (Library of Congress)

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About the Author

Shirley Mozelle is also the author of Zack's Alligator and Zack's Alligator Goes to School, as well as several critically acclaimed picture books. She lives in Tampa, Florida.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins (January 19, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0064441865
• ISBN-13: 978-0064441865
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,707 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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  • #2 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Animals > Alligators & Crocodiles
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun for readers of all ages, August 10, 2000

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LeeAnn Flynn Hall (Arlington, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Zack's Alligator (An I Can Read Book) (Paperback)

This book is a delight -- it is a great book for emergent readers, but it is more fun to read out loud. Zack's alligator has attitude -- and the giggles from my daughter made it a book we had to add to her personal library.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gators and Imagination, What a Combination!, May 3, 2005

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Zachary Hackett (Reno, Nevada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Zack's Alligator (An I Can Read Book) (Paperback)

Zack gets a package from his uncle who lives in Florida. Eagerly he opens it to find an alligator key chain. He takes it to the sink to wash it and it comes to life, growing to the size of the sink. The gator says her name is Bridget and Zack puts her into the bath where she showers and grows even more. Soon she is a full-sized girl gator and she is hungry. Zack feeds her all the food in the fridge, then they go out to play, amazing Zack's friends. As the day draws to a close, Bridget starts to shrink and by the time they get home, she is back to her key chain size. "Don't forget to water me tomorrow," she says.

This book will take your toddler on a terrific ride to where only imagination can go. My son Devon and I have been looking at the pictures for over a year, but now that he is almost three and knows all his letters, I am reading with my finger under the words and he is following along and he still loves Bridget's story as much now as he did when we weren't working so hard on the words.

This is a book for beginning readers. The words are simple, grammar too. Bridget's story is sure to keep your toddler interested, so much better than the "See Spot Run" kind of early readers. If you want your child reading before Kindergarten, and I do, then this book and books like it are very good additions to your toddlers reading arsenal.

5.0 out of 5 stars Xavier's Review, March 18, 2011

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This review is from: Zack's Alligator (An I Can Read Book) (Paperback)

I read Zack's Alligator by Shirley Mozelle. In this book there's a boy named Zack and his alligator Bridget. Zack's uncle sends a package and it the package is an alligator key chain. The alligator is Bridget. When you get Bridget wet she gros and turns into a live alligator. When she dris out, she shrinks. BridGet adores meat loaf and walks. Zack's mom always thinks that BridGet is just a key chain because she never sees BridGet when she's big.

I like this book because Zack gets a friend. This book used to be my favorite when I was little. You have to read this book to find out how it ends.