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Guji Guji by Chih-Yuan Chen
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Guji Guji (edition 2004)

by Chih-Yuan Chen

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Crocodile Guji Guji was raised by a family of ducks and things are great until one day he meets three crocodiles who tell him that he isn't a duck. When they ask Guji Guji to help them trap the ducks he feels torn and must decide who he is, what he is, and what's really important.
2 alternates | English | Primary description for language | score: 40
Crocodile Guji Guji was raised by a family of ducks. One day he met 3 crocodiles who told him that he was not a duck. They ask Guji Guji to help them trap ducks. Guji Guji then tricked the crocodiles and saved duck family.
3 alternates | English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 36
When a crocodile egg rolls down the hill and into the nest with the rest of her eggs, Mother Duck pays no mind and raises the little crocodile as if he were a duck.
1 alternate | English | score: 25
Guji Guji, a crocodile hatched and raised by a mother duck, must come up with a plan to save his family when a trio of bad crocodiles try to convince him to serve up his relatives for their dinner.
English | score: 13
Raised from an egg by Mother Duck, Guji Guji is quite content with his life as a duckling, despite the fact that he doesn't look anything like his brothers. Then he meets three nasty creatures who not only convince him that he is, like them, a crocodile, but also try to persuade him to deliver his duck relatives for their dinner. Suggested level: junior, primary.
2 alternates | English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 8
Guji Guji is content with his life as a duckling, even though he doesn't look like his family, until one day when three crocodiles try to convince him that he is one of them and should deliver his relatives to them for dinner.
English | score: 5
'An egg was rolling on the ground. It rolled through the trees. It rolled across the meadow. It rolled all the way down the hill. Finally it rolled right into a duck's nest. Mother Duck didn't notice. She was reading.' Raised from an egg by Mother Duck, Guji Guji is quite content with his life as a duckling, despite the fact that he doesn't look anything like his brothers. Then he meets three nasty crocodiles who not only convince him that he is one of them, but also try to persuade him to deliver his duck relatives for their dinner. Beautifully illustrated in watercolour and ink, this New York Times Bestseller is the story of a befuddled 'crocoduck' who comes to appreciate families and differences.
English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 3
Absalom, Absalom! tells the story of Thomas Sutpen, the enigmatic stranger who came to Jefferson township in the early 1830s. With a French architect and a band of wild Haitians, he wrung a fabulous plantation out of the muddy bottoms of the north Mississippi wilderness. Sutpen was a man, Faulker said, "who wanted sons and the sons destroyed him." His tragedy left its impress not only on his contemporaries but also on men who came after, men like Quentin Compson, haunted even into the 20th century by Sutpen's legacy of ruthlessness and singleminded disregard for the human community.
English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 3
Country of Origin: Taiwan A brave 'crocoduck' saves his family from becoming duck dinner.
English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 3
After a crocodile egg rolls into a nest and later hatches, Mother Duck raises the little crocodile as if he were one of her own ducklings.
English | score: 2
An original in his own family - never mind the rest of the world - Guji Guji proves to himself and others that family, no matter where or what that family may be, is worth protecting and cherishing.This award-winning, modern-day classic combines a child-friendly, playful text, vivid characters and muted illustrations in a story of love, acceptance and self-discovery.
English | score: 2
Guji Guji is raised by a family of ducks only to find out one day from some crocodiles, that he is not a duck, but a crocodile and crocodiles like to eat ducks. In fact, they'd like to eat his family.
1 alternate | English | score: 2
Guji Guji is just your ordinary, everyday, run-of-the-mill duck...um, crocodile...um, duck... In this engaging story about identity, loyalty, and what it really means to be a family, Guji Guji makes some pretty big decisions about who he is, what he is, and what it all means, anyway.
English | score: 1
Raised from an egg by Mother Duck, Guji Guji is quite content with life as a duckling, having no idea that he is actually a crocodile. Then one day three crocodiles ask Guji Guji to help them trap ducks. Can Guji Guji find a way to save his family? Suggested level: junior.
English | score: 1
Raised from an egg by Mother Duck, Guji Guji is quite content with his life as a duckling, despite that fact that he doesn't look anything, like his brothers. Then one fateful day, he meets up with three nasty, grinning creatures who not only convince him that he is, like them, a crocodile, but also try to persuade him to deliver his fat, delicious duck relatives for their dinner! What's a "crocoduck" to do? Readers and listeners will cheer for this unlikely but endearing hero as he figures out a way to save both the day and the ducks. - Dust jacket. Crocodile Guji Guji was raised by a family of ducks and things are great until one day he meets three crocodiles who tell him that he isn't a duck. When they ask Guji Guji to help them trap the ducks he feels torn and must decide who he is, what he is, and what's really important.
English | score: 1
A young crocodile who has been raised by ducks turns the tables on three mean crocodiles when they want him to help them trick his duck family into becoming their dinner.
English | score: 1
A mother duck hatches a crocodile egg and raises him as her own.
English | score: 1
An engaging story about identity, loyalty and what it really means to be a family.
English | score: 1
En esta historia de identidad, lealtad y loque realmente significa ser parte de una familia, Guji toma algunas decisiones mayusculas sobre su identidad. Crocodile Guji Guji was raised by a family of ducks and things are great until one day he meets three crocodiles who tell him that he isn't a duck. When they ask Guji Guji to help them trap the ducks he feels torn and must decide who he is, what he is, and what's really important.
English | score: 1
Guji Guji, raised by a family of ducks doesn't know he isn't a duck until he meets three wicked crocodiles who want him to trick his duck family into becoming their dinner.
English | score: 1
Guji Guji makes a decision to protect his family that has raised him but looks different than they do.
English | score: 1
Ein über den Hügel kullerndes Ei landet in einem Entennest. "Gui, Gui" quiekend, schlüpft ein seltsames Wesen aus dem Ei: ein Krokodil! Gui-Gui wird es fortan genannt. Die Entenmutter liebt es wie ihre federweichen Küken. Da tauchen eines Tages 3 ausgewachsene Krokodile auf. Erpicht auf einen schönen Happen fordern sie Gui-Gui auf, ein paar fette Enten seiner Familie von der Brücke herunter in ihre aufgesperrten Mäuler zu werfen. Doch das gerissene Entodil schnappt sich stattdessen ein paar Steine und schleuert sie in die aufgerissenen Rachen, sodass die gefährlichen Krokodilgebisse beim gierigen Zubeissen zerbrechen. Entsetzt suchen die garstigen Artgenossen das Weite. Gui-Gui wird als Held gefeiert. 2 blasiert guckende Enten aus der Verwandtschaft tragen ihn im Triumpfzug um den See. Eine mitreissende Geschichte, mit der der Taiwanese spontan die Bestsellerlisten erklomm. Witzig inszenierte Bildfolgen in gedeckten Farben und kraftvollen Konturen, die das Wesentliche der einzelnen Szenen pointierend herausstellen, begleiten den einleuchtenden Text über Mut und Selbstbejahung. Für alle. (Almuth Hochmüller) Rez.: Ein über den Hügel kullerndes Ei landet in einem Entennest. "Gui, Gui" quiekend, schlüpft ein seltsames Wesen aus dem Ei: ein Krokodil! Gui-Gui wird es fortan genannt. Die Entenmutter liebt es wie ihre federweichen Küken. Da tauchen eines Tages 3 ausgewachsene Krokodile auf. Erpicht auf einen schönen Happen fordern sie Gui-Gui auf, ein paar fette Enten seiner Familie von der Brücke herunter in ihre aufgesperrten Mäuler zu werfen. Doch das gerissene Entodil schnappt sich stattdessen ein paar Steine und schleuert sie in die aufgerissenen Rachen, sodass die gefährlichen Krokodilgebisse beim gierigen Zubeißen zerbrechen. Entsetzt suchen die garstigen Artgenossen das Weite. Gui-Gui wird als Held gefeiert. 2 blasiert guckende Enten aus der Verwandtschaft tragen ihn im Triumpfzug um den See. Eine mitreißende Geschichte, mit der der Taiwanese spontan die Bestsellerlisten erklomm. Witzig inszenierte Bildfolgen in gedeckten Farben und kraftvollen Konturen, die das Wesentliche der einzelnen Szenen pointierend herausstellen, begleiten den einleuchtenden Text über Mut und Selbstbejahung. Für alle. (Almuth Hochmüller)
German | Primary description for language | score: 1
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Crocodile Guji Guji was raised by a family of ducks and things are great until one day he meets three crocodiles who tell him that he isn't a duck. When they ask Guji Guji to help them trap the ducks he feels torn and must decide who he is, what he is, and what's really important.
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