Type of bind: Hardcover
Label: Harper & Row
Manufacturer: Harper & Row
Printing Date: 1977
Publishing house: Harper & Row
Sale Popularity Level: 662018
Studio: Harper & Row
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I very first read this book when I was seven years old. I loved the way that the book drew me into identifying with the young hero of the story. Cordoroy is a young alligator living a narrowly confined existance filled with aunts, uncles, cousins who just love routine and dare not explore anything beyond the big house they all live in. Cordory just doesn't fit into that dull life. He dreams of the sea and it's mysteries, the adventure that awaits beyond it's shores, and the courage it would take to step out and see the larger world! One day he leaves the lifeless Alligator House behind to stay with an aged aunt who lives by the seashore... and from there, his entire life changes.
Meeting an old crusty sea captain, who turns out to be his own uncle Tooth, Cordoroy realizes his dreams...
(no spoilers here though)
The illustrations are charming, the story well-written, and the ending extremely satisfying for those who are still young enough at heart to be dreamers. This is a book written for elementary school aged children. My daughter is younger than that, but I read the book to her and she follows the story easily.
No matter how much time passes, I still am in love with this "Novel of the Sea"! It is highly recommended...
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