The piece of children's literature I looked at was Invisible Alligators by Hayes Roberts. In my analysis of this piece I decided to discover the main themes of this story and how they can be used in teaching children morals and life lessons. This question on the topic is significant because almost all stories, especially those aimed at children, have an overarching message that must be perceived by the reader. The story of the invisible alligators is the story of a monkey named Sari, who experiences a terrible day full of problems. After a difficult day he was about to sit down in his bed when he saw that under his bed were a myriad of invisible alligators. He followed the alligators underground and discovered that the invisible alligators were the source of not only his problems, but all the problems in everyone's lives. On her way back to her bed after her encounter with the invisible alligators she encountered numerous challenging problems, such as a broken bridge, and managed to solve them all. The main moral themes that I believe are shown more than superficially in this story are: bad things happen to everyone, along with making justifications as to why bad things happen, and that one learns to succeed through perseverance while facing challenges and dilemmas. In this story the concept that bad things happen to all people and that there is nothing that can be done about it is a central theme and a lesson for the reader to learn and develop. When Sari follows the invisible alligators from her bed to their alligator catacombs, she discovers that alligators are the cause of all the worldly problems in everyone's lives. The alligators say: "In this house I hide the remote control and this sheep... middle of paper... the story where the invisible alligators take Sari to their headquarters and show her the log of the problems they have caused her in her life, along with everything he had learned as a result of these problems By reading and analyzing Hayes Roberts' story The Invisible Alligators I decided to discover the main themes of this story and how these themes can teach children morals and life lessons. can be applied in their lives. The main moral themes that I believe are shown in this story are: bad things happen to all people, good and bad, along with the justification of why bad things happen, and that one learns to succeed by overcoming difficult challenges. The conclusions I drew from the question are significant because they describe the overall message that I believe Hayes Roberts is trying to portray to the reader in his piece..