Gil the Gecko

a Children's Book

Gil the Gecko
by Jayne A. Hitchcock
Illustrations by Debra H. Duddleson
24 pages

Meet Gil the Gecko, from the Japanese island of Okinawa, and his American friend, Sam the Salamander, as they travel around the island encountering many adventures. The reader will be introduced to their friends, the dragonflies and Susu the Shrew, as they deal with warrior cockroaches. An informative and entertaining book that will also acquaint young readers with Okinawa, the largest of the Ryukyu Islands, about 1000 miles south of Tokyo in the Pacific Ocean.

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