Tales of the cryptids : mysterious creatures that may or may not exist / by Kelly Milner Halls, Rick Spears, Roxyanne Young ; [illustrated by Rick Spears].
Cryptozoology is the study of animals that may or may not be real: familiar animals like Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster, and those that are less familiar like the Marozi of Kenya, the Orang-pendek of Sumatra and the Thylacine of Tasmania. Meet these and more in this introduction to cryptozoology.
Record details
- ISBN: 1581960492
- ISBN: 9781581960495
- ISBN: 9781581960495
- Physical Description: 72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 x 29 cm
- Publisher: Plain City, Ohio : Darby Creek Pub., [2006]
- Copyright: ©2006
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-71) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Crypto-What? 4 -- A Bigfoot by Any Other Name 7 -- Sea Serpents Near and Far 23 -- Mirrors of the Past: Prehistoric Cryptids 37 -- Cryptic Mammals Uncovered 45 -- Cryptidictionary 57.
- Target Audience Note:
- 11 and up.IG1160L Lexile
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR MG 8 3 107288.Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 8.0 3
- Awards Note:
- A Junior Library Guild selection.
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Cryptozoology is the study of animals that may or may not be real: familiar animals like Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster, and those that are less familiar like the Marozi of Kenya, the Orang-pendek of Sumatra and the Thylacine of Tasmania. Meet these and more in this introduction to cryptozoology.
