Determined to retrieve her hat from the sycamore tree where it had been blown by the wind, Virginnie tries to dislodge it by throwing her boots up one after the other, unaware of the threatening swamp creatures behind her.

Twelve-year-old Chap Brayburn, ancient Sugar Man, and his raccoon-brother Swamp Scouts Bingo and J'miah try to save Bayou Tourterelle from feral pigs Clydine and Buzzie, greedy Sunny Boy Beaucoup, and world-class alligator wrestler and would-be land developer Jaeger Stitch.

"Boris, a swamp creature who was adopted by human parents, starts to question where he truly belongs"--

While Catfish Kate and her friends are making sweet swamp music, Skink and his Skunktail boys are trying to read and they demand that the girls be quiet, but Kate finds a clever compromise.

When Dog chases Duck into the swamp and is stuck, several attempts to pluck him out leave his rescuers also stuck.

Forgetting his mother's warnings, Epossumondas goes into the swamp alone then must pretend to be dead time and again as he hears frightening sounds and fears they are being made by the dreaded loup garou.

Kelli and Shawn move to another state, right next to a giant swamp that their scientist father can study. Legend has it that an ancient beast named Shaggedy lives far below the surface of the swamp.

The education of Johnny Woodside, a black boy from New York whose family moves to his grandparents' farm near the Oklawaha Swamp in Florida. He describes the process of learning by observing and copying, rather than being stuffed with facts. A first novel.

"When the swamp police hold a contest, they expect to have a fun day-- one without trouble. Too bad no one told the crooks! Now three thieves have stolen the prize money and are trying to flee. Who will win the contest, and will the crooks get away with their crime?"--Page 4 of cover.

Ten-year-old Jim and his father, who work together on a boat, use the power of love, nature, music, and the help of some dancing alligators, to outsmart a greedy stranger who tries to steal Jim's flute.