Mother Croccodile =
Subtitle: Maman Caïman
By: by Birago Diop ; translated and adapted by Rosa Guy ; illustrated by John Steptoe.
Contributors: Guy, Rosa.; Steptoe, John, 1950- ill.
Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Book for Young Readers
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Crocodiles -- Juvenile fiction.; Folklore -- Senegal.
Genres: Juvenile fiction.
Other titles: Cecilia Bard Multicultural Library for Peace; Coretta Scott King Award for illustration; ALA Notable Book
Work titles: Maman-Caïman.
Description: Because Mother Crocodile tells stories of the past, the little crocodiles choose to believe she is crazy until almost too late they learn otherwise.
Notes: Cecilia Bard Multicultural Library for Peace

"A Dell picture yearling."

Translation of : Maman-Caïman.

Coretta Scott King Award for illustration.

ALA Notable Book