Mercer Mayer's young hero from "There's A Nightmare In My Cupboard" is back again with another night-time adventure story. The small boy with a vivid imagination cannot convince his parents that there is an alligator under his bed. He decides to lure it out to the garage with a trail of peanut butter sandwiches. His successful capture of the reptile ensures that both he and the reader have a good night's sleep. The author's has illustrated "The Pied Piper of Hamelin", "The Ugly Duckling", Favourite Tales From Grimm" and "Beauty and the Beast".

 

This book is part of a book series called Picturemacs Series .

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 1988 by Pan Macmillan .

Mercer Mayer began illustrating books in 1966. Since that time he has published over 300 books.