For young David Stemple teeth and tail his kind of book J Y For Caroline and Amelia who love all alligators big and small J S
Contents Seven Words about an Alligator 5 The Alligator’s Smile 6 Alligator to Himself 8 Mother and Child Alligator Style 10 Kindergarten for Alligators 12 Sunning 14 Alligator in Armor 16 So Many Teeth 18 Mother Alligator on the Path 20 Ambush 22 What an Alligator Eats 24 Obituary 26 Apex Predator 28 More Gator Facts 30 Glossary 30 To Learn More 31
Seven Words about an Alligator Silently floating Silently gloating Not a log The alligator’s name comes from Spanish explorers in the 1500s They had never seen an alligator until they came to the Americas They called the creature el lagarto which means the lizard Some time later English settlers in the Americas misheard the Spanish term and the word became alligator 5
