The Alligator Ate My Shoe



The Alligator ate my shoe.

A picture book for 3-7 year olds- 2 page full spread color illustrations.

Illustrated by Lilly Gauntt

Written By, Katrina Saucier

                                 

Coraline was playing in her room when her mom came in and said. 

Illustration Coraline playing in her messy room, Colorful toys spread all over her room.

“Coraline, it's time to go.”  Coraline goes in her closet and can only find one red shoe. She is  frustrated and throws out  her shoes one by one. 

Illustration Coraline’s mom standing pointing  to her watch.  Coraline head in closet with red shoe by her leg as she takes out each pair of her shoes.

Her blue kicks, her purple rollerblades, her orange sandals with little butterfly’s on them.  She pulls out her pink and white bunny slippers. her black and pink boots. Even her yellow galoshes with pink and purple hearts all over they, but no red shoe.  Coraline looks at her empty closet and pouts as she sits down. She looks up to her mom holding the one red shoe.

 “ What’s wrong? “Can you not find your shoe? Oh No, what will we do?  Did the porcupine take your shoe? “ teased here mom.

Illustration Coraline in closet with all the different shoes being thrown out of closet.

No mommy, don’t be silly but remember the time the monkey from the zoo took my shoe. And you know the fox ran away with sock, said Coraline and she starts to giggle.

illustration Coraline sitting on floor talking with her mom.  Coraline has word thinking bubbles where you see the monkey and the  wallaby steal her shoe. 

Now, Coraline, said her mom

Illustration of Coraline’s mom standing looking down at Coraline with hand on hip and shaking her head.

Coraline  grins as she ignores her mom and continues “And then there was that dolphin named flipper that dived deep down with Grandma's bedroom slipper. And then there was the owl who didn’t give a hoot that he took my daddy's work boot. And that cute critter that took my babysitter. Coraline says out of breath running around acting like an owl with her daddy’s work boot. 

 

Illustration of Coraline acting out all the events, being silly and very goofy.

Coraline, I do remember, but hurry up we are gonna be late for Daddy’s big dinner. Said Coraline’s  mom.

Illustration Coraline’s mom standing over her with both hands on her hip.

 Coraline whines, “but mommy I don’t have a clue what happened to my  Do you think the alligator ate my shoe?  Or maybe it was Lilly, she can be so silly. Do you think a seal could steal my new little pink heels?

illustration, Coraline talking with her mom, and Coraline with thinking bubbles imagining the alligator eating my shoe.  Or picture of Lilly stealing shoe  a seal stealing Coraline’s pink heels.

“Coraline, you are so wacky”, said Lily her big sister

But..maybe it was the llama, mamma you know how it likes to cause all that drama.  Or it could have been the sheep when we were fast asleep. Lilly sarcastically said.

Illustration Lilly with thinking bubbles imagining the llama and the sheep stealing Coraline’s shoe.

“Okay you two no more goofing around, we don’t have the time, let's all start looking for Coraline’s other shoe, said, mom.”

Illustration Coraline’s mom getting on to both girls and everyone starts to look for Coraline’s shoe.

Coraline, hopes around on one foot looking under the pillows, Lilly checks under the bed, Mom looks in the closet. Lilly looks under the sheets of Coraline's unmade bed.  Mom opened all her drawers one by one.  “Coraline this room is a mess”, mom says as she sits on the bed exhausted. 

Illustration of all the family looking for Coraline’s shoe in her messy room.

Coraline looks under her bed. Mommy, she yells, “ I told you the Alligator ate my shoe.” Coraline, Lilly and her mom all look under the bed and see there is Coraline's stuffed alligator with her shoe in his mouth. “See mom I told you the alligator ate my shoe.      

The End.