This is a story about a young boy who believed that an alligator was living underneath his bed. Even though he could not see it, he knew it was there. This scared the boy and when he told his parents that alligator hid and his parents didn't believe him. However, one day the boy came up with an idea on how to get the alligator out from under his bed and into the garage. He gathered all the food that an alligator would love and made a trail from his bed to the garage. He watched as the alligator fell for his plan. The only worry now was how was his dad going to get to the garage in the morning? ( )

There's an Alligator Under My Bed is the clever tale of a young boy who finds a way to outsmart an alligator, who he believes is living underneath his bed. After many nights of carefully crawling into bed and then later getting frightened, one day he discovers a way to outsmart the alligator; He puts a trail of good food straight from his bed out into the garage. That night, the boy hides from the alligator around the house as the alligator follows the trail into the garage. When he gets into the garage, the boy shuts and locks the door!---Success! A great story for young readers dealing with the challenge of night terrors. Here are some activities to go along with this book http://education.illinois.edu/sped/sp...
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Almost every child believes there is a monster or scary person living in their bedroom at one time or another. In this case, the little boy believes that there is an alligator living under his bed. Although his parents cannot see it, and he cannot see it when he looks, he still knows that it is there. He makes a plan to create a trail that will lead the alligator from his bedroom and into the garage. Every bit of food in the kitchen is placed throughout the house and to prove the little boy right, the alligator followed the trail right into the garage. The only fear that the little boy has now is that in the morning, his father will not be able to get out.

This story is about a little boy who has imagined there is an alligator under his bed. When he tells his parents and they don't believe him; he takes it upon himself to get the alligator out from underneath his bed. The little boy decides to leave a trial of food from his room to the garage. His idea works to get the alligator from under his bed. Now, he can sleep peaceably without having to worry about the alligator. This is a good book for children in K - 2. It would be a good bibliotheraphy lesson about night terrors. It is good for individual or group reading.

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This is the story of a little boy who believes that there is truly an alligator under his bed. He had to be very careful when he climbed into bed so that the alligator wouldn't get his feet. Whenever he called his parents into his room to check for the alligator, they never saw it. He finally decided that he must get rid of the allligator himself, so he got some food and decided to lure it out from his bedroom. He led the alligator all the way into the garage and left a sign for his dad to be careful upon entering the garage the next morning. Because this story is so imaginative and creative, it would be great to use as a tool for encouraging students to be creative themselves. It could be used to get students thinking and to come up with an imaginative story of their own. Mercer Mayer activities can be found at http://www.rainbowhorizons.com/teachi...