A mamma alligator, Madame Marie Coco-Dree, travels through the Scary Forest to save her hatchlings. Prompted by her wise neighbors, Monsieur Wah-wah-rohn, the bullfrog, and Luh-ee-boo Sal, the great horned owl, she risks life and limb to find the only being who can help: the great swamp wizard Paw-Paw Ay-cray-veese.

As she travels through the Scary Forest in search of an omniscient crawfish, the swamp wizard Paw-Paw Ay-cray-veese, Madame Coco-dree encounters terrifying creatures of Cajun folklore. Yet, wielding courage and love she finds her way through: from the Dreaded Grr-Grr, to the Mooka-wocka, to the Awful Tou-gah-gah, from the boing-boing fish, to the tooka-tocka bats, to the Wicked Prince Rou-gah-rou--just to name a few.