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Counting crocodiles / by Judy Sierra ; illustrated by Will Hillenbrand. --

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: San Diego, Calif. : Harcourt Brace & Company, c1997.Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 29 cmISBN:
  • 0152001921
  • 9780152001926
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PZ8.3.S577 Co 1997
Summary: By using her ability to count, a clever monkey outwits the hungry crocodiles that stand between her and a banana tree on another island across the sea.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Juv Picture Books Markdale Branch Shelves JP Sierr (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 33436000577612

"Gulliver Books".

This story is based on a Pan-Asian folktale in which a trickster animal (a monkey, a rabbit, or a mouse deer) persuades crocodiles or sharks to form a bridge over water, under the pretext of counting them"--T.p. verso.

By using her ability to count, a clever monkey outwits the hungry crocodiles that stand between her and a banana tree on another island across the sea.

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