If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don't!
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- USD 7.99
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- USD 7.99
Publisher Description
The first hilarious story in the New York Times bestselling Magnolia Says DON'T! series about a charismatic kid who's got a terrific knack for terrible ideas!
Note to self: If your teacher tells you to bring something from nature for show-and-tell, she does not want you to bring an alligator! But nothing will stop Magnolia, who's determined to have the best show-and-tell of all--until her reptilian rapscallion starts getting her into some major trouble. Now it's up to Magnolia to find a way to send this troublemaker home--but what could possibly scare an alligator away?
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A shaggy-haired, moon-faced girl named Magnolia morphs from smug to seething in Parsley s debut, a cautionary tale about the risks of bringing an alligator to school. In second-person narration la If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Magnolia explains how to defuse an unhappy teacher ( You ll tell her that it s okay and that you know all about alligators. The alligator will be good and quiet and he won t eat anyone cross your heart ), but the gator s mischievous tendencies test the girl s patience and threaten to land her in the principal s office. (Eventually, Magnolia s name ends up written on the classroom chalkboard with three checkmarks next to it and an underline !) Parsley s digitally created illustrations brim with energy and just-edgy-enough humor (during math, a classmate is blissfully unaware how close he is to becoming the alligator s next meal), and the well-chosen school-day details in both the artwork and text ( By now, of course, you ll wish you brought a hollow stick or a bird s nest or some sparkly rocks for show-and-tell ) deliver a steady stream of laughs. Ages 3 6.
