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Andrew Bayne Memorial Library	Picture Book	E Will
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Baldwin Borough Library	Picture Book	J WIL
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Braddock Carnegie Library	Picture Books	P ANIMAL WILD WIL
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Bridgeville Public Library	Picture Books	JUV E WIL
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C.C. Mellor Memorial Library	Picture Books	E Wil
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CLP - Allegheny Regional	Children's Picture Books	j FICTION Willems
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CLP - Beechview	Children's Picture Books	j FICTION Willems
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CLP - Brookline	Children's Picture Books	j FICTION Willems
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Collection	Children's Picture Books
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Collection	Children's Picture Books
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CLP - Main Library	First Floor Children's Department - Picture Books	j FICTION Willems
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CLP - Main Library	First Floor Children's Department - Picture Books	j FICTION Willems
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CLP - Main Library	First Floor Children's Department - Closed Stack Area	j FICTION Willems
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CLP - Mt. Washington	Children's Picture Books	j FICTION Willems
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CLP - Sheraden	Children's Picture Books	j FICTION Willems
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CLP - Squirrel Hill	Children's Picture Books	j FICTION Willems
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Collection	Children's Picture Books
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CLP - Squirrel Hill	Children's Picture Books	j FICTION Willems
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CLP - West End	Children's Picture Books	j FICTION Willems
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CLP - Woods Run	Children's Picture Books	j FICTION Willems
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Carnegie Library of McKeesport	Picture Books	P WIL
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Community Library of Allegheny Valley - Harrison	Picture Books	Je W
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Community Library of Castle Shannon	Picture Book	PICTURE BOOK Willems
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Cooper-Siegel Community Library	Picture Book	E WIL
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Coraopolis Memorial Library	Juvenile Picture Books	Sp j WILLEMS
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Crafton Public Library	Juvenile - Picture Books	PICT F WILLEMS 2011 CRAFTON 5/11
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Green Tree Public Library	Children's Easy	E AUT WIL
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Hampton Community Library	Juvenile Picture Book	ANIMALS JPIC WILLEMS
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Monroeville Public Library	Juvenile Picture Books	J E WILLEMS
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Moon Township Public Library	Easy	ANIMALS JE WILLEMS
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Mt. Lebanon Public Library	Children's Picture Books	j Ea WILLEMS Mo
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Northland Public Library	Children's Picture Books	J PIC WILLEMS
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Northland Public Library	Children's Picture Books	J PIC WILLEMS
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Collection	Children's Picture Books
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Penn Hills Library	Juvenile Easys	E j WIL
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Scott Township Library	Picture Books	E WILLEM
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Sewickley Public Library	Juvenile Picture Books	J E WIL
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Shaler North Hills Library	Juvenile Picture Book	j PICT BK WILLEMS
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South Park Library	Picture Books	GROWING PIC WIL
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Upper St. Clair Township Library	Picture Books	WILLEMS
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Summary

Published Reviews

Booklist Review: "Here's a new pair of kid-and-stuffed-animal best friends from Willems. Although Amanda gets top billing in these 6 1/2 Surprising Stories about 2 Surprising Friends, Alligator is the real star of this show. After a bit of warmhearted play and a feisty tickle romp, Alligator is sad to learn that he went for a measly seven cents in a sale bucket, so Amanda explains that it was because everyone knew he was meant to be her best friend. Elsewhere, efficient jabs of absurdity ( Amanda was reading her library book You Can Make It Yourself: Jet Packs! when she noticed her alligator chewing on her head ) balance with wise lessons on the mechanics of friendship (Alligator, dismayed when Amanda comes home with a stuffed panda, learns that friendships work as well in trios as they do duos).With the book's minimal backgrounds and a roomy page design, the focus falls squarely on Willems' cleanly styled characters, whose facial expressions are carried in the simplest of just-so lines. Willems may not have the market cornered on best friends, but few do them better.--Chipman, Ian Copyright 2010 Booklist"
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Publisher's Weekly Review: "Six and a half short stories make up this expertly paced page-turner about a girl and her toy alligator, laced with the kid-centric humor on which Willems has built his career. Willems presents everyday, indoor interactions between Amanda and her teal-blue, nontoothy pal, drawn in grainy black crayon with watercolor wash. Alligator waits impatiently for Amanda to return from the library, then asks, "Do you have a surprise for me?" Amanda indulges him by shouting, "Boo!" Then, in a bit of turnabout, while Amanda reads her library books Alligator observes, "Something tickles," followed by "I do!" Another ticklish subject arises when Alligator discovers his price tag and that he came from "the sale bucket" ("Nobody wanted to buy you," Amanda admits, adding, "because they knew you were meant to be my best friend"). The emphasis rests on quiet, ordinary events and the characters' comfortable alliance, which is temporarily threatened by a rival panda toy who bears a resemblance to Knuffle Bunny. As in his Elephant and Piggie books, Willems ends on a generous note, showing how Alligator and Panda overcome their superficial differences and giggle together. Ages 4-8. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved."
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Additional Information

Subjects	Friendship in children -- Juvenile fiction. Toys -- Juvenile fiction. Alligators -- Juvenile fiction. Friendship -- Fiction. Toys -- Fiction. Alligators -- Fiction.
Publisher	New York :Balzer + Bray,2011
Edition	1st ed.
Other Titles	Amanda & her alligator!
Language	English
Description	68 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 28 cm
ISBN	9780062004000 006200400X
Other	Classic View