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Alligators and Crocodiles:
See You Later, Alligator Alphabet:
Alphabet Soup Autumn:
Fall, Leaves, Fall Babies:
I Kissed the Baby Balloons:
Up, Up, and Away!Bathtime:
Everybody Wash Bears:
Going on a Bear Hunt Bedtime:
Time for Bed Birds:
Birds of a Feather Bodies:
A Body of My Own Books:
I Love to Read Bugs:
Creepy Crawly Critters Butterflies:
Fly Away Home Cars and More Things on Wheels:
Going, Going, Gone!Cats:
Here Kitty!Christmas (Secular):
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Christmas (Religious):
Oh, Come Let Us Adore Him Clothes:
Time to Get Dressed Clouds:
I'm a Little Cloud Colors:
Color My World Cookies:
C is for Cookie Cows:
Happy Cows Dads:
My Dad Dancing:
I've Got Rhythm!Dinosaurs:
Stomp, Stomp, Roar Dogs:
Woof! Arf! Bark!Ducks:
Just Ducky
Easter:
Easter Parade
Elephants:
Elephant Walk Emotions:
The Way I Feel Farm Animals:
Down on the Farm Fish and Oceans:
Commotion in the Ocean Flowers:
A Rose By Any Other Name Food:
I'm Hungry Friends:
Will You Be My Friend?Frogs:
Jump, Frog, Jump! Gardens:
In My Pretty Garden Halloween:
Trick or Treat!Hats:
We Wear Many Hats Houses:
No Place Like Home Mice:
Quiet As a Mouse Moms:
My Mom Monkeys:
Silly Monkeys Monsters:
You Don't Scare Me!Moon:
Fly Me to the Moon Numbers:
I Can Count Pigs:
This Little Piggy Pizza:
Let's Make a Pizza Rabbits:
I Love My Bunny Rain:
Rain Makes Applesauce St. Patrick's Day:
Not Easy Being Green Sickness:
Get Well Soon Snakes:
Slithery Snakes Snow:
Let It Snow!Soup:
Soup's On!Space:
Space Race Spring:
Spring Is Here!Summer:
What Do You Do in the Summer Time? Thanksgiving:
Let's Give Thanks Trains:
Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo Trees:
In the Leafy Treetops Turtles:
Slowly But Surely Valentine's Day:
Hugs and Kisses Winter:
When It Starts To Snow Wolves:
The Wolf is Coming!

See You Later, Alligator
After a While, Crocodile

	For Pete's Sake by Ellen Stoll Walsh Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: Pete's a flamingo, he's sure of that. But why is he green? Why does he have four feet instead of two? And why doesn't he have feathers? Pete soon discovers he's not just another flamingo--and he learns what it means to fit in with friends.

Song

Alligator Pie

Alligator, alligator
[Open and close hands like an alligator's mouth.]
Alligator pie.
If I don't get some,
I think I'm gonna cry.
[Pretend to cry.]
You can take away the grass,
[Wiggle fingers like grass blowing.]
Take away the sky,
[Hands over head.]
But don't take away
[Do alligator's mouth again.]
My Alligator pie.

	What Time Is It, Mr. Crocodile? by Judy Sierra Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: Time is running short for Mr. Crocodile!

Flannel Board

Teasing Mister Alligator

[Artfelt has a Five Little Monkeys Swinging in the Tree felt puppet set.]

Five little monkeys
Sitting in a tree
Teasing Mister Alligator:
"You can't catch me."
Along comes Mister Alligator,
Quiet as can be
And SNAPS that monkey
Right out of that tree!

Four little monkeys
Sitting in a tree
Teasing Mister Alligator:
"You can't catch me."
Along comes Mister Alligator,
Quiet as can be
And SNAPS that monkey
Right out of that tree!

Three little monkeys
Sitting in a tree
Teasing Mister Alligator:
"You can't catch me."
Along comes Mister Alligator,
Quiet as can be
And SNAPS that monkey
Right out of that tree!

Two little monkeys
Sitting in a tree
Teasing Mister Alligator:
"You can't catch me."
Along comes Mister Alligator,
Quiet as can be
And SNAPS that monkey
Right out of that tree!

One little monkey
Sitting in a tree
Teasing Mister Alligator:
"You can't catch me."
Along comes Mister Alligator,
Quiet as can be
And SNAPS that monkey
Right out of that tree!

No more little monkeys
Sitting in a tree!

	Counting Crocodiles by Judy Sierra Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: In this rhymed retelling of a traditional Asian tale, a clever monkey uses her ability to count to outwit the hungry crocodiles that stand between her and a banana tree on another island across the sea.

Song

Alligator, Alligator Sitting On a Log

Alligator, alligator sitting on a log.
Down in the water, he spied a frog.
SPLASH!
Goes the water, away swims the frog.

	Where's Your Smile, Crocodile? by Claire Freedman Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: The other animals' silly antics can't cheer up Kyle the crocodile, but when he helps Little Lion Cub find his way home, he finds his smile as well.

Song

Crocodile

She sailed away on a summer day
[Place one hand on top of other, stick thumbs out to side and row them back and forth as drift hands forward.]
On the back of a Crocodile
[clap hands three times.]
You see, said she, he's as tame as can be
[Point and shake index finger as talk.]
I'll ride him down the Nile
[Place one hand on top of other, stick thumbs out to side and row them back and forth as drift hands forward.]
The Croc winked his eye
[Wink.]
as she bade them all good-bye
[Wave good-bye.]
wearing a happy smile
[smile.]
At the end of the ride
[Place one hand on top of other, stick thumbs out to side and row them back and forth as drift hands forward.]
The Lady was inside
[Pat tummy.]
And the smile on the crocodile
[Place one hand on top of the other thumbs in and drift hands forward.]

	The Lady with the Alligator Purse by Mary Ann Hoberman Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: Classic song in an illustrated version.

Films

	Monty by James Stevenson Age Level: PreK-2
Synopsis: When Monty the alligator goes on vacation, a rabbit, duck, and frog look for another way to cross the river to school.

More Books to Read On Your Own

Alberto the Dancing Alligator
by Richard Waring
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: After Tina's pet alligator Alberto accidentally goes down the toilet, she has to find a way to save him from the city's alligator hunters.

Alligator Sue
by Sharon Arms Doucet
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: After being separated from her parents by a hurricane on the bayou, a young girl is raised by an alligator and later must discover who she really is.

Bill and Pete
by Tomie DePaola
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: When William Everett Crocodile is chosen to be a suitcase, his talking toothbrush becomes his salvation.
Companion Books: Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile and Bill and Pete To the Rescue.

Crocodile Beat
by Gail Jorgensen
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: "There's a party going on down by the river! All the animals are there--ducks and elephants, monkeys and birds, even bears and a snake. They're all dancing, singing, and stomping their feet, with King Lion himself leading the song! But they'd better watch out. Old croc's waking up and he's hungry! Luckily, King Lion is very brave. He'll save his friends without missing a beat! "

Crocodile Listens
by April Pulley Sayre
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: A, tasty frog croaks. Delicious warthogs tromp by, Crocodile doesn't move. She hasn't eaten in weeks. But she only lies and listens. Crocodile has a secret hidden in the sand.

Guji Guji
by Chih-Yuan Chen
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: Raised from an egg by Mother Duck, Guji Guji is quite content with his life as a duckling, despite the fact that he doesn't look anything like his brothers. Then one fateful day, he meets up with three nasty, grinning creatures who not only convince him that he is, like them, a crocodile, but also try to persuade him to deliver his fat, delicious duck relatives for their dinner! What's a "crocoduck" to do?

I, Crocodile
by Fred Marcellino
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: An Egyptian crocodile who lives to eat catches the fancy of the esteemed Emperor Napoleon, and becomes an instant celebrity in a fancy fountain in Paris. But when some in the kitchen starts singing the praises of crocodile pie, the resourceful and very hungry reptile escapes by sewer-and lives to tell about his newest gastronomic joy-people!

Imagine You Are a Crocodile
by Karen Wallace
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: Invites children to imagine life as a crocodile, a particular mother crocodile who lies perfectly still in swamp water, catches a heron for a meal, and defends her babies from snakes and other predators.

Lyle, Lyle Crocodile
by Bernard Waber
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: A cranky neighbor puts Lyle in the zoo but experiences a change of heart when the crocodile saves him from a fire.

Meet Mr. and Mrs. Green
by Keith Baker
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: A loving alligator couple enjoy going camping, eating pancakes, and visiting the county fair.

Mrs. Chicken and the Hungry Crocodile
by Won-Ldy Paye and Margaret H. Lippert
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: When a crocodile captures Mrs. Chicken and takes her to an island to fatten her up, clever Mrs. Chicken claims that she can prove they are sisters and that, therefore, the crocodile shouldn't eat her.

Petite Rouge A Cajun Red Riding Hood
by Mike Artell
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: In this Cajun version of "Little Red Riding Hood," the big bad gator is no match for a sharp young duck and her quick-thinking cat.

The Puddle Pail
by Elisa Kleven
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: When his older green brother suggests that he collect things, Ernst, a young blue crocodile, comes up with an unusual choice: puddles.

There's an Alligator Under My Bed
by Mercer Mayer
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: The alligator under his bed makes a boy's bedtime hazardous operation, until he lures it out of the house and into the garage.

Very Boring Alligator
by Jean Gralley
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: Simple rhymes describe what happens when an alligator comes to play and won't go away.

More Songs for at Home

The Alligator Loves To Swim

The alligator loves to swim.
Sometimes he opens his mouth wide.
But when he sees me on the shore,
Down in the water he'll hide.

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