There's an Alligator under My Bed (There's Something in My Room Series)

The There's a Nightmare In My Closet, bringing back that story's imaginative young hero for an even funnier nighttime adventure. Full-color illustrations.

The alligator under his bed makes a boy's bedtime hazardous operation, until he lures it out of the house and into the garage.

School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 2 In one or two lines of text per page and large, boldly colored illustrations, Mercer tells the tale of a little boy who is sure that there is an alligator under his bed. Getting no sympathy from his parents who ``never saw it,'' he forms a plan of attack. He leaves a trail of food from his bed through the house to the garage door. He then follows behind as the alligator gobbles up the goodies, fresh vegetables, fruit, and even ``the last piece of pie,'' making its way to the garage. The boy then locks the door. The last page shows the note he leaves for his father, telling him that there's an alligator in the garage and to wake him up ``if you need help.'' Children will relate to this young hero's triumph over normal childhood fears, and they'll love his clever solution to his problem. The book gleams with crisp full-color watercolor illustrations, and the alligator has just the right touch of scariness. The little boy is obviously a child of the 1980s, with his hot wheels tricycle and robot transformer type toys, but the story is timeless. Sure to become as popular as Mayer's There's a Nightmare in My Closet (Dial, 1968) and bound to be a storyhour staple.Patricia Homer, Lowville Acad . , N.Y.

alligator cover3......Page 1 alligator front flap......Page 2 alligator copyright......Page 3 alligator_03......Page 4 alligator_04......Page 5 alligator_05......Page 6 alligator_06......Page 7 alligator_07......Page 8 alligator_08......Page 9 alligator_09......Page 10 alligator_10......Page 11 alligator_11......Page 12 alligator_12......Page 13 alligator_13a......Page 14 alligator_13b......Page 15 alligator_14......Page 16 alligator_15......Page 17 alligator_16......Page 18 alligator_17......Page 19 alligator_18......Page 20 alligator_19......Page 21 alligator_20a......Page 22 alligator_20b......Page 23 alligator_21a......Page 24 alligator_21b......Page 25 alligator_22......Page 26 alligator_23......Page 27 alligator_24a......Page 28 alligator_24b......Page 29 alligator_25......Page 30 alligator back flap......Page 31 alligator back......Page 32 The nightmare's gone, but what about that alligator? You have to be so careful getting in and out of bed! Maybe a midnight snack to lure him into the garage will do the trick. In this funny and beloved follow-up, Mercer Mayer faces another nighttime fear head-on