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Why Alligator hates Dog  Cover Image Book Book

Why Alligator hates Dog / J.J. Reneaux ; illustrations by Donnie Green.

Reneaux, J. J., 1955- (Author). Green, Donnie, 1949- (illustrator.).

Summary:

When sassy old Dog tricks Alligator, king of the swamps, it starts a feud that continues to this day in the Louisiana bayous.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0874834120 :
  • ISBN: 9780874834123
  • Physical Description: pages cm
  • Publisher: Little Rock : August House LittleFolk, 1995.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
AD510L Lexile
Decoding demand: 47 (medium) Semantic demand: 84 (very high) Syntactic demand: 69 (high) Structure demand: 86 (very high) Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 2.7 0.5 48722.
Subject: Alligators > Folklore > Juvenile literature.
Dogs > Folklore > Juvenile literature.
Cajuns > Folklore > Juvenile literature.
Folklore > Louisiana > Juvenile literature.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 3 of 3 copies available at Pulaski County. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Pulaski County Library-Waynesville.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Pulaski County Library-Waynesville E 398.2 Ren (Text) 33642000464651 Children's Non-Fiction Available -

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Why Alligator Hates Dog : A Cajun Folktale
Why Alligator Hates Dog : A Cajun Folktale
by Reneaux, J. J.; Green, Donnie Lee (Illustrator)
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Why Alligator Hates Dog : A Cajun Folktale


In the Cajun country of Louisiana, Alligator is king of the swamps king to everyone that is, except sassy old Dog. Storyteller J.J. Reneaux's musical rendering of this old folktale explains how the feud between Alligator and Dog got started in the first place. When Alligator finally corners Dog in his swamphole, he falls for the oldest trick in the book. Next time, he promises, he'll get that Dog for sure. But will he?

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