The sun comes up in the southern swamp.  This is the day the mother alligator builds her nest.  She lays forty eggs in it.  For two months she guards her nest to keep the eggs safe from other animals.  But when the eggs begin to hatch, hunters come into the swamp.  The hunters are looking for alligators.

Beginning readers will learn how alligators build nests, what they eat, where they spend the winter, and how they protect themselves.

In this easy-to-read science book, an authority on animal behavior tells about the life cycle of the American alligator.  The colorful pictures show interesting details of the alligators as well as of the swamp in which they live.  

From the dust jacket