After Tina's pet alligator Alberto accidentally goes down the toilet, she has to find a way to save him from the city's alligator hunters and bring him home so she can dance the tango with him again.

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PreSchool-Grade 3-Although this delightful book starts out in a quiet, almost humdrum way, it takes a hilarious turn when Tina accidentally flushes her pet alligator, who "loved music, particularly the tango," down the toilet. Children will love following the fellow down the sewer maze and helping him find his way home. The misadventures continue as Alberto turns up in every bathroom in town except his own, there are numerous calls to the police, and a newspaper reports on its front page, "1,000 Alligators [are] on the Loose." Finally, Tina finds a way to lead her musical meanderer back to her lavatory. With its charming watercolor and colored-pencil cartoon illustrations, this book could supplement or be a starting point for thematic units on topics such as dancing, what lies under city streets, how rumors get started, and pets.
Sheryl L. Shipley, North Central Local Schools, Pioneer, OH
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Toilet humor of the most literal kind drives British author Waring's winning story. A tango-loving alligator named Alberto is accidentally flushed down the toilet by his devoted young owner/dance partner Tina. At first, Alberto loves life in "the world way below the city." Newcomer Swan shows Alberto blithely wending his way through a maze of water pipes, joining the sewer rats in water ballet, and then impressing them with his Olympics-worthy diving (they hold up score cards). But when Alberto decides to reverse his journey and return to Tina, he unwittingly wreaks havoc on city dwellers everywhere as he surfaces in one wrong toilet after another ("1,000 alligators on the loose, all bathrooms at risk!" read the newspaper headlines). Swan's comic strip-style frames build momentum until the joyful, tango-facilitated reunion of Tina and Alberto. This neat twist on the old urban legend of alligators lurking in the sewers should leave kids flush with laughter. Ages 4-8.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

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