Monsters & legends
Subtitle: cyclops, krakens, mermaids and other imaginary creatures that really existed!
By: written Davide Cali ; illustrations by Gabriella Giandelli ; [translated by Judith Taboy]
Contributors: Giandelli, Gabriella, ill; Taboy, J., tr
Edition: 1st English ed.
Publisher: Flying Eye Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 56
ISBN-13: 9781909263031
Subjects: Imaginary creatures; Juvenile literature; Monsters
Other titles: Monsters and legends
Work titles: Monstres et légendes
Description: "This illustrated book goes a long way to explaining the fact and fiction behind our favorite monsters and legends.  Our ancestors believed in Mermaids, Unicorns and the Cyclops, not because they were mad but simply because they didn't know any better.  What if the terrible Kraken, so feared by sailors, was none other than a giant squid?  Imagine if Bigfoot was just a lost gorilla.  Could it be that Werewolves were only very hairy humans?"--Back cover.
Notes: sl ion of: Monstres et légendes.

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Table of contents: title: Were our ancestors mad? - Animal games - The unicorn's magical horn - Cyclops! - An easy mistake to make - Half woman, half fish - Beware of the kraken! - Who's afraid of sea serpents? - Dragon hunters! - The Loch Ness monster - Ogopogo and his brothers - Gustave, Lake Tanganyika's monster - Bigfoot - Warning: stinky monster! - The Cottingley fairies - Roald Dahl's gremlins - My name is Jenny Haniver - Lying lumberjacks - Beware of the full moon! - Keep those teeth away from my neck - Witch-hunt - Zombies: the walking dead - The mystery of the mokele-mbembe - The coelacanth returns - The chupacabra conundrum - Epilogue.