Twelve-year-old Eric and his friends are sent by the CIA to foil alligator poachers in the Everglades.

Finally, a summary section provides a brief synopsis of at least one title, representative of the author's style, and several of the writers have provided personal annotations of their works."--BOOK JACKET.

A carousel alligator goes on a courageous journey to find a place with real alligators--and a wonderful, familiar sound--in this moving and modest story. Full color.

Indexes popular fiction series for K-6 readers with groupings based on thematics, consistant setting, or consistant characters. Annotated entries are arranged alphabetically by series name and include author, publisher, date, grade level, genre, and a list of individual titles in the series. Volume is indexed by author, title, and subject/genre and includes appendixes suggesting books for boys, girls, and reluctant/ESL readers.

While river rafting and backpacking in Northern California, Ax, Erik, and Sharon hear reports of gnomes in the remote forest, leading to intrigue and danger for the group.

When a computer error causes the CIA to select twelve-year-old Eric as an agent for their new wildlife conservation branch, he finds himself spying on renegade scientists who are tampering with the monitor lizards on a Pacific island.

It's Halloween and Allie Gator can't wait to pull her first hayride wagon to bring the children to the pumpkin patch. Along the way, Allie hears spooky noises in the corn maze and sees a ghost in the cornstalks, plus a black cat keeps crossing her path (and that worries Allie). Is Merriweather Farm haunted?

Twelve-year-old wildlife conservation agent Eric Sterling is sent to Belize to deal with Black Betty, a jaguar suspected of killing cattle.