There’s An Alligator Under My Bed

- Written and illustrated by Mercer Mayer;
- Copyright © 1987; Dial Books for Young Readers (Penguin), New York, New York;
- This story unfolds step by step as the boy finds a way to lead the alligator out of his room and into the garage.
- Is there really an alligator under the bed?
- The story allows the reader to entertain the idea that there really was an alligator.
- There is no attempt to prove that the alligator was not there.
- The warning at the end for Dad to be careful gives the reader reason to pause and ponder the possibility.