Rockin' Reptiles

Gator Girls

by Stephanie Calmenson, Joanna Cole, Lynn Munsinger (Illustrator)

Because the new girl on the block has only one extra ticket for the most exciting concert ever, two best friends must decide which of them gets to go

Genres: Childrens

79 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1997

About the author

Stephanie Calmenson's many popular titles include concept books, funny school stories, poetry collections, books about dogs and, with Magic School Bus author Joanna Cole, anthologies and beginning reader chapter books.

Stephanie's books have been called "marvelous" (PW), "lyrical" (SLJ), "hilarious" (SLJ), "sweet, funny, and right on the mark" (Booklist).

Before turning to writing, Stephanie was a teacher, a children's book editor, and Editorial Director of Parents Magazine's Read-Aloud Book Club.

Website: my link text

Reviews

[Nicole Crane]

A super cute and very quick read

[Kelly Powell]

This book was a fun read trying to figure out how the three friends were going to spilt two concert tickets so that they could all go. I also enjoyed the play on words the author used made the story a fun read as I kept waiting for the next word play. I didn’t like that the characters were alligators. As previously discussed in class this made the characters less relatable and downplayed the situation.

[Jennifer Oaks]

I think that this story depicts real situations that happen with young children. Two girls are fighting over the friendship of a new girl in town. They are both jealous and wonder which one of them is liked the most. This would be a good book to talk about about what friendship should be.

[Sarah Snyder]

This is a fun book for children to read. The book deals with a real life situation of friends fighting. I didn't really enjoy that the characters were animals instead of people. I think this would be a great book for students to read on their own time.

[Rose]

Two girl gators are the best of friends. They do everything together... until a new girl gator moves to their street. Can all three of them be friends?