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Tales of the cryptids : mysterious creatures that may or may not exist / by Kelly Milner Halls, Rick Spears, Roxyanne Young ; [illustrated by Rick Spears].

Halls, Kelly Milner, 1957- (author.). Spears, Rick, (author,, illustrator.). Young, Roxyanne, (author.).

Summary:

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]

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.
Subject:
Animals, Mythical > Juvenile literature.
Animals > Folklore.
Animals > Folklore > Juvenile literature.
Animals > Juvenile folklore.
Cryptozoology > Juvenile literature.
Monsters > Juvenile literature.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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Marion Library JUV 001.944 HAL (Text) 37810434507702 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -