Overview
Calling all adventurers! A world of mythical creatures lies within these pages!Merlin the Magician has spent the last few hundred years tracking down the world's most elusive mythical creatures. Now he is ready to share every wing, wart, and whisker of these creatures with you! This fully-illustrated guide features 50 creatures, each with its own detailed description, history, danger rating, confrontation tips, and connections to other creatures. There are even a few messages from the creatures themselves! From dragons and mermaids to centaurs and gorgons to kappas and yeti, creatures from every corner of the world (and time) are present. Exploring them is like having a map of the human imagination!Kids 8-12 will love this book's combination of information and imagination. This book features: Beautiful full-color illustrationsAn index of creaturesJokes, wit, and humorSix categories of creaturesThe facts behind the mythsAppreciation for world culturesAbout the Author Merlin is a famed wizard, turned adventurer. After retiring as King Arthur's court magician, he pursued his lifelong dream of discovering the world's most elusive mythical creatures. When he's not traveling across time and space, he enjoys spending time in his woodland cottage with Singe, his miniature thornback dragon.About the Other Author/Illustrator Zachary Hamby is a teacher in rural Missouri and the author of many books about mythology and folklore for kids including The Hero's Guidebook, Greek Mythology for Kids, and Introduction to Mythology for Kids. When he's not teaching, he enjoys spending time with his wife, Rachel, his daughter, Jane, and his son, Luke, who also helped him with the illustrations for this book.
- | Author: Zachary Hamby
- | Publisher: Creative English Teacher Press
- | Publication Date: Oct 20, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 136 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0982704992
- | ISBN-13: 9780982704998
