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 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

• Lee, Dennis; Frank Newfeld (1974). Alligator Pie. Macmillan Publishers of Canada. ISBN 978-1-55263-338-0.

References

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