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Goodbye, Claude the Alligator

Books to help us remember and celebrate our friend Claude, the albino alligator at the California Academy of Sciences. Ask your local children's librarian for help finding these books at SFPL.

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  • A brilliantly colorful book celebrating our alligator friend.
    Book, 2025San Francisco, California : California Academy of Sciences, 2025. — jPS RUBI
  • Claude

    the True Story of a White Alligator

    Smith, Emma Bland
    Learn Claude's life story and how he came to be beloved by millions of San Franciscans and visitors.
    Book, 2020Seattle, WA : Sasquatch Books, 2020. — j597.9841 SMIT
  • Golden Gate Park is a wonderful place to be a kid (or an alligator), not least because of Claude's home, the California Academy of Sciences.
    Book, 2020Berkeley, CA : West Margin Press, 2020. — j979.461 LIND
  • What's the difference between an alligator and a crocodile? Read all about alligators like Claude and their distant relatives, the crocodiles.
    Book, 2023New York : Holiday House, [2023] — j597.9809 GIBB
  • It's never easy to say goodbye. Read this book if you are feeling sad, missing somebody, or have to say goodbye or make a change.
    Book, 2015New York : Little Brown & Company, 2015. — jPS PARR
  • For everyone with a special alligator friend, and anyone who has let a new friend into their heart.
    Book, 2011New York : Balzer + Bray, c2011. — jPS WILL
  • A yellow alligator (Claude's cousin, perhaps?) has a plan to get rich, famous, and full of food. But sometimes plans don't work out, because something even BETTER happens.
    Book, 2021New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021. — jPS SHEA
  • Snappsy the Alligator

    "did Not Ask to Be in This Book!"

    Falatko, Julie,
    Snappsy is another alligator with a big personality, and he has strong opinions about being in this book.
    Book, 2016New York : Viking, 2016. — jPS FALA
  • Baby alligators start out small and cute, but quickly become large and toothy. (And if you like this book, be sure to read The Duck Who Came for Dinner and the Tiger Who Came for Dinner, too.)
    Book, 2021Wilton, CT : Tiger Tales, 2021. — jPS SMAL