Arcadia Public Library

Rhyming text introduces the concepts of counting and simple arithmetic.

Sometimes Rosa and Willy behave like the two little alligators in the stories Cousin Joan tells them.

Alfie the alligator writes a letter to his grandmother and eagerly awaits her reply.

Jessica the frog befriends the animal that hatches from an egg she brought home, thinking it is a chicken.

A surprising twist occurs on Alligator Al's birthday when a tasty-looking piglet knocks on Al's door.

Three siblings are frightened by the wide mouth, long teeth, and strong jaws of the alligator who has crept up the stairs--until they decide they have had enough.

In this adaptation of the traditional folktale, three little gators each build their house in an east Texas swamp, hoping for protection from the Big-bottomed Boar.

Because the new girl on the block has only one extra ticket for the most exciting concert ever, two best friends must decide which of them gets to go.

"From seemingly mundane tasks such as grocery shopping to more active pursuits like a romp at the park and fort-building, a loving and playful father alligator shows his gator kids that the simplest pleasures done together can make for an incredibly fun day"--

"Alan is very scary. He says things like 'I'm big, scary Alan! Fear my razor-sharp teeth!' But all is not as it seems. Alan, you see, has a very BIG (not-so-scary) secret"--