Word: croc
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...poetry bounces along nicely, the croc follows the stowaways but politely refrains from eating anyone, and the elaborate drawings of pyramids under construction and of wall paintings are busy and interesting. (Readers of Stephen Jay Gould, the Harvard paleontologist, will recognize Gerrard's agreeable drawing style as "neotonic" -- all faces. Those of adults as well as children are drawn with the wide eyes and short, cute, chubby faces of toddlers.) Best of all, for quick-witted nine-year-olds, there are 10 secret messages written in real hieroglyphs, with a key to translation...