There is an Alligator Under My Bed

Pan Macmillan Australia Pty, Limited, 1987 - Juvenile Fiction - 32 pages

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

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Review: There's an Alligator under My Bed

User Review  - Maritza Caldera - Goodreads

Great story to read to children! Make sure you read it in the daytime so they don't get scared though. I think most children can relate to this story because at one point, they believe there's ...

Review: There's an Alligator under My Bed

User Review  - Angela - Goodreads

Best for kids ages 2 and up. Early Literacy Skills: Print Motivation, Vocabulary, Narrative Skills Fron cover: There's am alligator under the bed. Mom and Dad don't know, they never saw him, but he;s ...

About the author

Mercer Mayer was born December 30, 1943 in Little Rock Arkansas. While attending school at the Honolulu Museum of Art, Mayer decided to enter the field of children's book illustration. He created a portfolio of sketches and peddled them wherever he could. He moved to New York City in 1964, pursuing further instruction at the Art Students League of New York, where he met an artist named Marianna who became his first wife. He soon created a new portofolio and with these new sketches persuaded editors at Dial Press and Harper & Row to give him some illustration work. Mayer published his first book, A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog, at Dial Press in 1967. It was notable for being a completely wordless picture book one that tells its story entirely through the use of pictures. Mayer was one of the first illustrators to be credited for using this format. Five more books in this series were to follow. Mayer joined Golden Publishing, creators of Little Golden Books, in 1976. Through them he has sold his "Little Critter" and "Little Monster" series, which are popular with beginning readers. His title Just Me and My Dad made The New York Times Best Seller List for 2012.

Bibliographic information

• Title: There is an Alligator Under My Bed; Picturemacs Series
• Illustrated by: Mercer Mayer
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Pty, Limited, 1987
• ISBN: 0333471113, 9780333471111
• Length: 32 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Alligators & Crocodiles