The Lizard Gang.The Lizard lizard, a reptile of the order Squamata, which also includes the snake. Lizards form the suborder Sauria, and there are over 3,000 lizard species distributed throughout the world (except for the polar regions), with the greatest number found in warm climates. Gang Kirra Somerville, author; Grace Fielding, illustrator Magabala Books c/o International Specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. Book Services, dist. (ISBS ISBS International Society of Biomechanics in Sports ISBS International Society for Biophysics and Imaging of the Skin ISBS Illinois State Button Society ISBS Iowa State Button Society ISBS Idaho State Button Society ) 920 Northeast 58th Avenue, Suite 300, Portland, OR 97213 1875641890, $17.95 www.isbs.com 1-800-944-6190 The Lizard Gang is a remarkable picturebook in that its author, Kirra Somerville, was only nine years old when she wrote it; yet it won a prize from the 2004 WA Children's Book Council of Australia. Now in a softcover soft·cov·er adj. Not bound between hard covers: softcover books; a softcover edition. edition with simple yet bright, desert-colored illustrations, The Lizard Gang the exploits of monitor lizards Zed, Boo, Eliza and Zorro zorro: see fox. Zorro masked swordsman, defender of weak and oppressed. [Am. Lit.: comic strip (1919); Am. Cinema: Halliwell, 794; TV: Terrace, II, 461–462] See : Disguise , who sometimes argue which one of them is best at different things. "Tired of the arguing, Boo, the smallest lizard of the gang, asked, 'Why can't we all be the best?' The other lizards thought Boo's idea was very funny and they just laughed." But when floodwaters and hard times threaten the lizard's survival, they learn that what is most important is not which of them is best at what, but how well they work together as a team. A charming story with a valuable moral. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion