Character Development -- A Disaming Alligator

Notes for Albert Alligator: brush settings and color scheme (CPS Pale Tone Palette)

An alligator will play a significant role in my second book. My take on what’s appropriate for children’s stories comes from my early reading of the Grimm Brothers — I know that not every friendly character is trustworthy. In The Jaybird that Jumped Down a Chimney, my first book, everyone was basically good and may have had lapses of common sense. In my second book, everyone is basically good, too, but there are times when they may snap your head off. That is to say, they might think it’s a good idea to literally bite your head off. Albert Alligator is one of those guys you’d better keep your eye on. The question is, how will the kids handle him.