Crocodiles and Alligators in Art and Storytelling

The Cave of Sleep by Warwick Goble
The Cave of Sleep by Warwick Goble
Crocodile, Crocodile by Peter Nickl & Binette Schroeder, 1975
Crocodile, Crocodile by Peter Nickl & Binette Schroeder, 1975
1958 No Fighting, No Biting Else Holmelun Minarik Maurice Sendak
1958 No Fighting, No Biting Else Holmelun Minarik Maurice Sendak
From Skazka pro Len (1964) by L. Zubkov Illustrated by I. Belopolsky crocodile
From Skazka pro Len (1964) by L. Zubkov Illustrated by I. Belopolsky
Louis Wain (1860-1939)
Adolfo Busi for Pirelli, 1910
1979 MONTY James Stevenson
Lyle-Lyle-Crocodile-by-Bernard-Waber-publ.-in-1965
Lyle-Lyle-Crocodile-by-Bernard-Waber-publ.-in-1965
ライルにきたてがみ 1970
ワ―二―、パリへ行く
Good night Sparkly Crocodile おやすみわにのキラキラくん 1997
Good night Sparkly Crocodile おやすみわにのキラキラくん 1997
Leo Lionni 1910-1999 crocodile
Look What I’ve Got by Anthony Browne 1980
Crocodile-In-The-Rain-Theodor-de-Bry-after-Jean-Jacques-Boissard-1596
Saul Steinberg
Heinrich Kley - 1863 - A Question of Balance crocodile
Heinrich Kley – 1863 – A Question of Balance
from There’s A Crocodile Under My Bed
Riddles, Riddles from A to Z by Carl Memling illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman (1962) alligator
Riddles, Riddles from A to Z by Carl Memling illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman (1962)
Billy Fishbone And Other Sea Stories by Martin Waddell, Illustrated By Reg Cartwright, Addison Wesley Longman Limited, 1994
Billy Fishbone And Other Sea Stories by Martin Waddell, Illustrated By Reg Cartwright, Addison Wesley Longman Limited, 1994
ワニ – ジャングルの憂鬱草原の無関心 Kaho Nashiki and Iku Dekune

Header illustration: Crocodile catch, Jan Collaert (II), after Jan van der Straet, after 1598 – 1628