01971cam a2200397 4500 4424116 TxAuBib 20080501120000.0 091230s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781581960495 1581960492 (OCoLC)65184284 TxAuBib Halls, Kelly Milner, 1957- Tales of the cryptids : mysterious creatures that may or may not exist / by Kelly Milner Halls, Rick Spears, Roxyanne Young ; [illustrated by Rick Spears]. Plain City, OH : Darby Creek Pub., 2006. 72 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 25 x 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-71) and index. Crypto-what? -- Bigfoot by any other name -- Sea serpents near and far -- Mirrors of the past: Prehistoric Cryptids -- Cryptic mammals uncovered -- Cryptidictionary -- Bibliography -- Index. 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. 11 and up. Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 8.0 3. 20080529. A Junior Library Guild selection. 2008-2009 Lone Star Reading List. Cryptozoology Juvenile literature. Cryptozoology. Animals Folklore Juvenile literature. Animals Folklore. Imaginary creatures. Monsters Juvenile literature. Spears, Rick, illustrator. Young, Roxyanne, co-author. http://www.mackinbooktalk.com/viewbook.aspx?BookId=314 TXDRI