The irrepressible, friendly Gaston the green-nosed alligator helps some
new friends lay a pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico. Stirred by curiosity,
Gaston follows a huge barge carrying pipes, which leads away from the
lazy cool of his bayou home. Outfitted in a hardhat and steel-toed
boots, he soon joins a crew and finds that the life of an offshore
oilman is not easy.


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Gaston(r) Lays an Offshore Pipeline

After adventuring through Louisiana's placid swamplands and Texas's prairies, the irrepressible, friendly alligator named Gaston directs his attention offshore to assist some new-found friends in laying a pipeline. While lolling lazily in the cool of the bayou, Gaston has his curiosity stirred by a huge barge loaded with pipes. He follows it to the Gulf of Mexico, where he soon gets outfitted in a hardhat and steel-toed shoes and happily joins the crew in laying an offshore pipeline to obtain much-needed oil. Gaston finds that the life of an offshoreman is not easy, but he enthusiastically accepts every assignment. As a welder, a diver, and a rigger, Gaston proves that alligators, too, can contribute to solving the energy crisis. Widely acclaimed as the South's leading illustrator of juvenile books, James Rice was the illustrator and/or author of sixty-six titles, including eighteen titles in The Night Before Christmas Series. There are almost two million copies of his books in print. He taught art at the grammar-school, high-school, and university levels and enjoyed talking to schoolchildren across the country about writing and art. James Rice passed away at his home in Hico, Texas, in May 2004.

Gaston(r) Lays an Offshore PipelineHardcover, 1 February 2008

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