Young children with first day jitters will be delighted (and possibly a bit confused) by Oliver's alligator. When anything or anyone at school makes Oliver nervous, he just has to say, "Munch, munch" and the alligator eats it up. By the end of the book, the alligator has swelled to the size of...the school! And Oliver realizes that there's a lot of fun going on inside that alligator.

I adored Schmid's stubby-legged children and ever-expanding (not at all scary) alligator. The simplicity of the illustrations reminded me of one of my favorite illustrators [a:Peter McCarty|202298|Peter McCarty|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1337692380p2/202298.jpg]. ( )

Oliver and his Alligator looked like a fun book to read. By the title and cover page I had a few ideas what the story was about. The story was about how Oliver was afraid to go to school so he brought an alligator with him. As soon as Oliver would say "Munch Munch" the alligator would eat the person pr object nearby and then Oliver got lonely so he had the alligator eat him too. This book had a funny plot line to it. I really enjoyed this book and thought it was a fun one to read. ( )

51 months - the perfect read leading up to the first day of preschool... Plus O thought it was funny. ( )

Oliver realizes that bringing an alligator to his first day of school maybe wasn't such a good idea. ( )

Oliver is a small boy who decides to take his alligator to school with him. The alligator eats everyone so Oliver decides wants to join the fun so he gets eaten as well. ( )