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Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.

When a strange egg appears in their nest, Mr. and Mrs. Bird kindly take it upon themselves to raise the "baby bird" inside. But when the egg hatches, the Birds are in for a big surprise--"Junior" is the oddest-looking baby bird they've ever seen--with big, long jaws full of teeth and an appetite to match. In fact, he looks more like a baby alligator than a baby bird! Nevertheless, the devoted Birds run themselves ragged feeding Junior until he gets...

A child provides insights, based on personal experience, into everything that can go wrong if one brings an alligator to school for show-and-tell.

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

A frog in the bog grows larger and larger as he eats more and more bugs, until he attracts the attention of an alligator who puts an end to his eating.

Mr. and Mrs. Green, two alligators, spend time together fishing, painting, and going to the park.

A loving alligator couple enjoy going camping, eating pancakes, and visiting the county fair.

Crocodile goes to the dentist, and both of them have to overcome their fears--not only of tooth extractions, but of each other.

A boy learns that the truth is often stretched on the Bayou Clapateaux, and gets the chance to tell his own version of a bayou tale when he goes fishing. During an outing on the mysterious Bayou Clapateaux, Hugh Thomas catches a million fish.

Aaron the alligator cannot seem to do anything right, whether it be playing hide-and-seek, picking apples, or playing football.