Sharon Arms Doucet

"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.… (meer)

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.… (meer)