Frank Carlson Library

The Louisiana Bayou swamp can make one bad alligator tired and longing for clean, clear water and the city. Alley Gator one day got a hankering to go to the city.... But one thing he did not know. What direction, how long will it take? Two very good questions, that would deter most alligators from the start. But not Alley Gator. He was longing for the city and was determined to go. An adventure Alley Gator never planned on. An adventure taking...

A seed from a mangrove tree floats on the sea until it comes to rest on the shore of a faraway lagoon where, over time, it becomes a mangrove island that shelters many birds and animals, even during a hurricane.

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.

"Karla and her little brother Benny accompany their Uncle Bill on a scientific expedition to study unidentified species on the remote island but after a little "bad luck" they soon discover something terrifying and deadly living in the river swamp... With nowhere to run, will Karla, Benny, and Uncle Bill survive the unimaginable and harrowing horrors of the place aptly nicknamed Beast Island?"--Amazon.