When all of the other children run off at the sight of a terrifying sea monster, Jeremy, who is unable to walk, discovers a kindred lonely spirit in the baby Snoogle-Fleejer. Fresh from the success of his highly praised volume of poetry, Always a Reckoning, former president Jimmy Carter now pens his first children's book, illustrated by his daughter Amy. Young Jeremy, who cannot walk, is abandoned at the seashore one day when the others flee at the sight of a terrifying sea monster. With no choice but to face this horror, Jeremy is surprised to discover a kindred spirit in the little baby Snoogle-Fleejer.