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Meet the magical, mystical, and miraculous! Dare you step inside the dark realm of mythical monsters, legendary spirits, and terrifying tricksters?
Discover more than 100 eye-catching, jaw-dropping, otherworldly creatures in astonishing depth and detail in this complete compendium of the supernatural. Come face to face with ferocious monsters, dangerous dragons, mountain giants, winged horses, and strange shapeshifters as cryptozoology meets fable and folklore!
This magical book on the supernatural for kids offers:
– Rare contemporary and authentic images bring the world’s myths, legends and folklore to life.
– More than 100 creatures featured throughout in incredible detail.
– Culturally authentic and historically accurate imagery showing each creature alongside compelling text breaking down each one.
How do you create a chimera? Can you spot a kappa from a kraken? Why do banshees scream at night? And where do real dragons live?
This thrilling page-turner introduces children aged 12+ to supernatural creatures of myth and legends from every corner of the globe and is brimming with fact-filled insights and spine-chilling frights. The book breaks new ground with its unique lens of historically accurate and culturally authentic imagery that works alongside compelling text to bring these creatures to life.
Publisher : DK Children (1 August 2024)
Language : English
Hardcover : 192 pages
ISBN-10 : 0241656931
ISBN-13 : 978-0241656938
Reading age : 12 – 18 years
Item Weight : 1 kg 30 g
Dimensions : 22.5 x 2.2 x 28.4 cm
Country of Origin : United Kingdom
Charles Floyd Rhodes –
The book is in 9 sections with a Find Out More section with 36 additional beings. The first section is Gods and Creatures, that is, creatures associated with deities, examples are Moon Rabbit and Chang E, Hippocampus and Poseidon, Raiju and Raijin, Cerebus and Hades, and so on. Less common in entry level guides are Airavata, Uchchihshravas and Lamashtu. Section two is Spirits and Demons. This is where to read about Kachinas, La Llorona, Yaksha, Deava, Asura, Rakshasha, and Vedyanoy, etc. There is a two page section that covers lesser known demons such as Div-e-Sepio, Yan-Gant-Kian, and Babi Ngepet. Section 3 is Magical Beings. This is where to read about the Qilin, the Uniconr, and the Golem, etc. Four pages cover different kinds of dragons and there is a two page section that concerns different kinds of fairies such as the Vila and the Erk King. Not too many introductory books have a lot on the Dokkaebi of Korean lore. Section four is gruesomely titled Flesh-Eaters and Blood-Drinkers. This covers different kinds of vampires, zombies, and ogres, as well as the lesser known Strzyga of Polish lore and the Orcus of Italian myth. Aerial beings are the subject of section five, examples are the Simurgh, Raven, Thunderbird, Roc, and so on. Section six concerns underwater dwellers that live in places as small as streams and ponds and as large as the ocean. While the Loch Ness Monster, the Kraken, Champ, the Hydra, and the Lambton Worm would be familiar to beginning readers, the Taniwha, Apsidochelone, Umibozu, Ushi-Oni, Makara, Tiddalk, and Mishipeshu would not be. Amazing Hybrids is the title of section seven, it is best represented by the Chimera, other examples are the Minotaur and the Sphinx. Yes, composite critters. Lesser known examples for young readers are Kinnara, Lamassu, Wolpertinger, Questing Beast, Serpopard, Tatzelwurm, Kurangatturu, and there are four pages on Merfolk. Shapeshifters and Tricksters has more on shapeshifters such as werewolvers, kitsune, and nahual than tricksters such as B’rer Rabbit. Colossal Creatures is misleadingly titles. Granted, Bigfoot, Skunk Ape, Yeti, and Blemmye tower over people, but that does not make them colossal. However, Gogmagog, Geryon and Cormoran are truly gigantic. The Find Out More section has 36 capsule entries on beings not in the main text, examples are Ninki Nakka, Mrenh Nongueal, Gurumapa, Gallinipper, El Coco and Seven O’Clock Man. As this has a glossary of words that would not be familiar to very young readers, I would say that the age group would be between the ages of 8 and 10 and up. The pictures are a mix of artwork, sculptures, stamps, newspaper clippings, petroglyphs and more. A few might be scary and fewer have any skin exposure, just in case such pictures are of any concern, but one must expect most books that concern monsters and other supernatural beings to have illustrations that are on the scary side.