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Alligator or Crocodile?

Alligator or Crocodile?

by Melis­sa Stewart

Enslow, 2011

for Grades 1–3

ISBN 978–076603-682–6 (HC)

ISBN 978–159845-236–5 (PB)

Pur­chase this book at your local inde­pen­dent book­seller or Amazon.com.

How Do You Know?

How can you tell an alli­ga­tor from a croc­o­dile? It’s isn’t easy. Both ani­mals are rep­tiles and they have sim­i­lar lifestyles. But if you take a close look you can see how they are dif­fer­ent. This fun, infor­ma­tive book pro­vides all the tips and hints young read­ers will need to dis­cov­er the dif­fer­ences between gators and crocs.

Reviews

“This clever com­pare-and-con­trast approach makes dif­fer­ences between often-con­fused crea­tures easy to under­stand and remem­ber.” (The Horn Book Guide)

“What makes this series so out­stand­ing is the excel­lent close-up pho­tog­ra­phy. Read­ers can eas­i­ly see the dif­fer­ences between the ani­mals with­out being bogged down by over­whelm­ing text. These high qual­i­ty books would be a wel­come addi­tion to an ele­men­tary ani­mal sci­ence col­lec­tion. They will be appre­ci­at­ed by ani­mal lovers brows­ing the col­lec­tion and class­room teach­ers pre­sent­ing a begin­ning les­son on ani­mal biol­o­gy. A cre­ative lan­guage arts teacher might even employ these vol­umes in a unit on opposites/antonyms and syn­onyms, draw­ing par­al­lels from the ani­mal world.” (Library Media Con­nec­tion)

“… a handy tool for ele­men­tary school teach­ers in a lit­er­a­cy class or in a sci­ence class … a very good choice for the ele­men­tary school library. The pic­tures are clear, the text is easy-to-read and the orga­ni­za­tion is impec­ca­ble. Teach­ers will find lots of uses for this series!” (TriS­tate Book Review Committee)

Behind the Book

“The idea for this series began with but­ter­flies and moths, but it didn’t take long for gators and crocs to find a spot on my list of titles. These dead­ly rep­tiles look sim­i­lar and they are close­ly relat­ed, so I know kids would be curi­ous about how they are different.

“I read a lot about these ani­mals in books and I spoke with sci­en­tists who study them, but my favorite part of the research was get­ting a close-up view of the crafty crit­ters dur­ing a fam­i­ly trip to Florida.”

Series at a Glance

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Alligator or Crocodile?

by Melis­sa Stewart

Enslow, 2011

for Grades 1–3

ISBN 978–076603-682–6 (HC)

ISBN 978–159845-236–5 (PB)

Pur­chase this book at your local inde­pen­dent book­seller or Amazon.com.