Alligator Pie

Alligator Pie

Alligator Pie cover
Author Dennis Lee
Illustrator Frank Newfeld
Cover artist Frank Newfeld
Country Canada
Language English
Subject Poetry
Genre Children's
Publisher Macmillan Publishers
Publication date
1974
Media type Print
Pages 64
ISBN 978-1-55263-338-0
OCLC 46617830
Preceded by Civil Elegies and Other Poems
Followed by Nicholas Knock and Other People

Alligator Pie, first published in 1974, is a popular book of children's poetry written by Dennis Lee and illustrated by Frank Newfeld. It won the Book of the Year award from the Canadian Library Association in 1975.[1]

The poem Alligator Pie itself is very popular in Canada and is known by most Canadians.

Poems

  • Alligator Pie
  • Wiggle to the Laundromat
  • Singa Songa
  • Bouncing Song
  • Street Song
  • Mumbo, Jumbo
  • Willaby Wallaby woo
  • Lying on Things
  • Rattlesnake Skipping Song
  • Bed Song
  • In Kamloops
  • Billy Batter
  • Ookpik
  • Bump on Your Thumb
  • The Special Person
  • Like a Giant in a Towel
  • Flying Out of Holes
  • William Lyon Mackenzie King

  • Tony Baloney
  • Skyscraper
  • Tricking
  • I Found a Silver Dollar
  • If You Should Meet
  • Higgledy Piggeldy
  • Thinking in Bed
  • Nicholas Grouch
  • Psychapoo
  • On Tuesdays I Polish my Uncle
  • The Fishes of Kempenfelt Bay
  • Kahshe or Chicoutimi
  • Tongue Twister
  • The Hockey Game
  • Peter Rabbit
  • The Friends
  • The Sitter and the Butter and the Better Batter Fritter
  • Windshield Wipers

Adaptation

In 1991, Alligator Pie was made into a short movie with puppeteering by Jani Lauzon and produced by Michael MacMillan.[2]

Notes

References

  1. Book of the Year Award for Children, Canadian Library Association.
  2. Alligator Pie, IMDB