Mercer Mayer

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

The pesky nightmare in the closet won't stay in there at night, even with the door closed all the way. When he gets out, what do you do? Comfort him and put him to bed, of course! The ultimate afraid-of-the-dark story has helped generations of kids deal with the nightmares in their own closets.A perennial favorite.

It's Valentine's Day, and Little Critter's class is celebrating!

Little Critter thinks he is in charge when Mom and Dad go away for the day even though Grandma and Grandpa spend the day with him.

All the many things a young child can do independently are demonstrated, (tying shoes, riding a bike, kicking a ball), but there is one thing the child cannot do alone.

A small animal uses his imagination to avoid going to bed, but finally has to admit that he is sleepy.

A boy's pet frog thinks that the new little frog the boy gets for his birthday is one frog too many.

When Little Critter wants a new skateboard, Dad tells him that he needs to save his own money to buy it. Little Critter tries his very best, but soon finds that saving enough for what he wants isn't so easy.

Little Critter and Little sister and their dog play out in the snow and make snowball soup.

A boy and his dog suffer through several adventures while searching for a pet frog that escaped during the night.