Provides readers with answers to questions regarding the diverse creatures who live in the oceans, with a review of some of the myths regarding sea monsters and the like.
Offers information, legends, and true accounts of giant aquatic creatures and their interactions with humans, including whales, jellyfish, giant squid, and possible lake and sea monsters.
Find out everything you wanted to know about prehistoric creatures of the sea in this brilliant fact-filled book!"--Back cover.
"Engaging images accompany information about sea monsters. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
Shares information on sea monsters, including the kraken, the Loch Ness monster, and the kappa.
It becomes a useful lens through which to see this book, which is self–contained, inscrutable, and weirdly captivating, like a salvaged object that wants to return to the sea." ―Katy Waldman, The New Yorker
Sharks and dinosaurs--we find them both alien and awe-inspiring. This book is a plunge into the Cretaceous oceans of 80 million years ago, a merciless realm ruled by the most ferocious animals ever to stalk the seas of planet Earth.
In this book, Nigg draws on Magnus’s own text to further describe and illuminate these inventive scenes and to flesh out the stories of the monsters.
In prehistoric times there existed creatures bigger and often fiercer than dinosaurs, whose exploits have inspired more terrifying legends than any other group of animals. Their watery home has kept...
Relates how a young female sea dolly is born in the shallow waters of a prehistoric Mesozoic-era lake and learns to survive after encountering a variety of predators and other underwater dinosaurs from that ancient time period.
What follows is just a sampling of these stories, including sightings of unusual sea creatures by experienced witnesses in the 19th, 20th, and even 21st centuries.
Swamps, lakes, rivers, and estuaries were also dangerous places for land animals, just ask the prey of the "super croc," the Sarcosuchus. Dino fans will love diving in to this fact-filled book.
Sea Monsters introduces you to one of the world's most popular legendary creatures.
"Describes the history and myths of sea monsters, their features, and the use of sea monsters in popular culture."
For my money, Chloe Aridjis is one of the most brilliant novelists working in English today' Garth Greenwell One autumn afternoon in Mexico City, 17-year-old Luisa does not return home from school.
Sea Monsters
An exciting new series full of magical creatures, whimsical adventures and quirky illustrations.
Sea monsters don't have it easy. They live in deep water where it's very cold and lonely. They have to keep moving to stay warm and need huge eyes to...
Swamps, lakes, rivers, and estuaries were also dangerous places for land animals, just ask the prey of the "super croc," the Sarcosuchus. Dino fans will love diving in to this fact-filled book.
" These essays explore what the environment reveals via monster theory, what monsters-here, whales and whirlpools-make visible or accessible to humanity and what they draw away from it.