There is no solid moral to the story however it is a good lesson in imagination. The little boy and his red pajamas stand out against the bed time setting. The colors of the images were darker, which helped express that it was night time in the story. The illustrations reminded me of a coloring book, thicker black lines created the image and then the colors on the page filled them in. The vocabulary is not particularly difficult, and there is only a small amount of text on each page. As an adult aged reader, that was a surprise to me, but to a child reader I bet this was no surprise at all, of course the alligator came out to get food! Obviously, due to the assignment this is a primary age appropriate read. There was an alligator under the child’s bed, at least according to him. I liked however, that there was a surprise. Children’s minds truly work this way, they do these things and they believe that there is a monster of some kind under their bed. I honestly think I liked this book most for its insight into a child’s mind.
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