My Dad's Got an Alligator!
By (Author) Jeremy Strong
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Puffin
1st March 2007
4th January 2007
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
823.914
Paperback
96
Width 129mm, Height 197mm, Spine 7mm
77g
'It's that alligator... Dad should never have brought it into the house. Crunchbag has escaped and he's eaten Granny!'Some dads bring home rabbits. Or dogs. Or parrots. Not Nicholas's dad. The latest member of their family is Crunchbag - the ALLIGATOR! Soon he's running riot in the bathroom and on the roof and even in the park! But he wouldn't eat poor defenceless Granny... would he
Strong's books are hugely popular with young children with their breezy, daft exuberance Sunday Times His books crackle with good humour and invention TES King of comedy Guardian His books are preposterously entertaining Observer
Jeremy Strong was born and grew up in south-east London. He gratuated in English from York University and spent some time trying to become an overnight success as a writer. In the meantime he worked as a caretaker, a strawberry-picker and in a bakery, putting the jam in doughnuts. He trained as a teacher and went on to become a headteacher in Kent. He has written a great many books for children, including the Karate Princess titles and There's a Viking in My Bed and There's a Pharaoh in Our Bath!