After a while crocodile : Alexa's diary
Title:
After a while crocodile : Alexa's diary
JLCTITLE245:
by Dr. Brady Barr and Jennifer Keats Curtis ; illustrated by Susan Detwiler ; with photographs by Brady Barr, Jessica Rosnick, and Mario Aldecoa.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Mount Pleasant, SC : Arbordale Publishing, [2016]
Physical Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
ISBN:
9781628558340
9781628558357
9781628558364
General Note:
"This book is a fictional portrayal of a real program that allowed Costa Rican schoolchildren to raise American crocodiles in their classroom"--Taken from title page.
Abstract:
Alexa and the other children at her rural school in Costa Rica have a special project: they are raising American Crocodiles and returning them to the wild. End notes discuss the physical characteristics and conservation of crocodiles.
Reading Level:
NC 580 L Lexile
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references.