Crocodopolis

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Crocodopolis

“Crocodopolis” is an unpublished story found in Don’s sketchbooks. There are only 6 colored pages, and then several black-and-white quick sketches.

The text reads:

One day, a good many years ago, a crocodile lay sunbathing on the sandy shores of the river Nile.

To see more of the story, click on the image and you can click through the story page-by-page.

I thank the Digital Collections Unit of the Elmer L. Andersen Library, University of Minneapolis for digitizing these images from the originals. Visit The Children’s Literature Research Collections, University of Minnesota for more illustrations of Don.