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How to Draw a Dragon: "Cautiously approach the dragon, offer it a piece of candy or a little sister, and draw while it happily munches away."
From the creator of the wildly popular website NeonDragonArt.com, DRAGONART shows you how to create awesome, delightful and frightening beasts, armed only with a pencil and ink pen. You'll begin your quest by conquering a super-easy dragon that even the most foolish of ogres could draw. You'll forge onward to discover simple secrets and spiffy tricks for making creatures friendly or fierce, sorrowful or cynical… drawing them from all different perspectives, in flight or at rest (so vain, those dragons - they love to strike a pose!). You'll also learn how to incorporate various details to make each beast original.
Because dragons enjoy having others around to terrorize, disembowel and occasionally hang out with, this book will also teach you how to create a whole cast of creatures, including mythical griffins, guardian gargoyles and deadly basilisks. All this within the curiously compelling, beautifully beastly and brightly colored pages that you will soon hold in your hands, which by now are no doubt trembling with keen anticipation. So quit dragon your feet! (Ugh, wyrms hate puns!) Kindly buy this dragon favorite and make your wildest, wickedest, fire-breathingest fantasies come true!
Customer Reviews:
Funny and useful instruction.......2007-10-15
I bought this for my son and I to use. He enjoys art but lacks confidence. The reviews for this book were good and after using it this weekend, I'm glad I bought it. We both followed the instructions and created our first dragons and my son was so excited. It is definitely a fun and enjoyable book that I recommend for other young artists.
GREAT HOW TO BOOK.......2007-10-03
My kids have always been frustrated with "how to draw" books. I don't know what it is about how Neon explains things, but not only can they get the instructions, but the results are great! Conversational tone, can-do attitude? I'd expect something with two heads, four limbs and wings to be harder to draw than your basic horse, but they can do it! Brava!
Dragon art: How to Draw Fantastic Dragons and Fantasy Creatures.......2007-09-05
The examples in the book are very good but for the more advance young artist. The pictures would also be good for copying and using as coloring for younger artists. Would think this book is more for about 10 years and up.
Very nice book . . . .......2007-08-16
This book is wonderful. It's fun to look at even if you're not in it for the instructional value it has. What makes it unique is that it gives the reader a little history on each creature.
I wouldn't consider this a 'beginners' book as some of the techniques are slightly advanced, but I think anyone can benefit from what this book offers.
This book would be very beneficial to tattoo artists.
Dragonart: How to Draw Fantastic Dragons and Fantasy Creatures.......2007-07-24
Great book... I have not used it that much yet but it has helped with side views of characters.
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- Definitely best price
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- Phenomenal 2 Volume Set!
- A Very Intersting Ecylcopedia
- A collection of animals reported to exist at some point
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Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, 2 Volume Set
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Customer Reviews:
Definitely best price.......2007-04-02
No idea how it was done, but I got it 75% less price with amazon that with any other vendor, perfect condition, my son loved it, he just goes literally everywhere with them.
Complete covers everything.......2007-03-22
These books cover everything from scientific names to places. It is heavey on bigfoots from around the world and overlaps some on them but all in all a good read if your into the science part of cryptozoology.There are stories in the book about sightings but this is not a pure sightings book it is more about cataloging the cryptids.
Phenomenal 2 Volume Set!.......2004-10-17
Finally! A long overdue authoritative encyclopedia of cryptozoology! This set is awesome! There is so much information here that it'll take a veeery long time to digest it all.
I do have several suggestions though:
1) More photos and illustrations (especially photos and stills from film footage which are discussed, but not shown).
2) Dustjackets. The covers are gorgeous, but how long will they remain so without dustjackets? And at this price, you'd think the publisher could afford it. Which brings me to...
3) The price is outrageous. How can the publisher make any money by limiting it's buyers to libraries, rich people and fools like me? $60 sure, even $75, but $185? Jeez! And even though I paid WAY less than that for my set, it still almost killed by bank account.
Even so, I'm glad I bought it and wouldn't be without it.
A Very Intersting Ecylcopedia.......2004-10-16
I accidently stumbled upon this item while looking for anything on the Paranormal. The Book seemed very intersting and I bought it. The Price was a Killer, but it was worth it. It is set in 2 voulumes which is more like an Encyclopedia, but in the Final Sections of Volume Two mainly is Reference to all the New Species discovered in the 20th Century. Also in the real Final pages, are all Lakes that supposedly have Monsters in them like Lake Erie or Lake Champlain. I would recommend this Book for Reference, but not for reading from Start because like I said, it is more like an Encyclopedia than a Non Fiction Novel.
A collection of animals reported to exist at some point.......2004-09-25
This two-volume set is a basic layman's guide to the weird, wonderful world of unknown animals. These are animals whose existence has not been proven at this time. While the idea that there may be animals, including some very large ones, living in the world and we have no proof of their existence might be strange to some people it was during my lifetime that gorillas and rhinoceroses were removed from the category of fables.
For each entry the editors provide information on its physical description, behavior, distribution, possible explanations, significant sightings, and sources. This is a non-judgmental review of the reports from around the world presented in a typical encyclopedic style. Although it contains primarily creatures reported to exist but not proven it also includes some animals like the Dodo bird, which were known to exist and are believed extinct. But, because there have been occasional reported sightings in recent years these animals are included.
ABC-CLIO, Inc. published some of the best educational materials of this type on the market today. As always Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology is a high quality reference work written at a high-school level and so is accessible to everyone. Mysterious Creatures is a highly recommended read for anyone interested in this area and a recommended purchase for libraries.
Book Description
What is Glonk's favorite pastime? If a Puddloflaj's eyes pop out why can't it pick them up? The Plamglotis only eats two things in its entire life. What are they? Why don't you know the answers? What's wrong with you? Anyway. Help is at hand from Ricky Gervais.
Customer Reviews:
My kids couldn't get enough.......2006-11-03
I gave this to my son for Halloween - he's 8. He and my 6 year old daughter are now obsessed with drawing and inventing new flanimals. I thought they'd think it was cute but never imagined they'd become absolutely hysterical with glee.
I LOVE IT, but..........2006-04-30
First off, let me start by saying that I love this book. It's cute, funny, gross, and just an all around good time.
I'm not going to sit here and complain like some others have that this is for kids and feel duped. No, because I think it is great for adults.
However, many people on here have stated that this book is overwelmingly a kids book. I disagree, and here is why.
There is a lot of adult undertones scattered throughout this book, some more obvious than others. Many of which kids wouldn't get. For instance, the Plumboid Dopplers "scientific" name is Scrotus Boggelum. Guess what he looks like; a scrotum. I think this just goes to show that the author did have adults in mind, at least a little, when making this book.
I do realize that kids will likely not catch onto that. But other things might not be that good for kids to read. Like ripping creatures heads off, and popping the eyes out of one called a Puddloflaj.
If you get this book with your kids in mind I would suggest reading it to them and skipping over all the things that are a bit questionable.
That all being said, I would like to say once again that I LOVE this book. Unlike the other people who complain about it. If you think your child can handle it, then by all means go for it, I am not one for censorship. I beleive that many kids are sheltered a bit too much, but this may not be for every kid.
I can't wait to get a copy of Flanimals II!
Flanimals is the coolest thing in the world according to the man in the mirror.......2006-02-21
What do I mean by that? When questioned will I conform to Ricky's wishes and praise his book, but deep inside have other feelings? OF COURSE NOT!!!!!!
Flanimals rocks my world in ways unnatural to this dimension. I learned a lot and if I am ever cornered I will be a happy panda.
I hope this helped you... it made about as much sense as the book did, lol.
The best book I ever read!.......2006-01-04
My friend Paul got this book,and I loved it!My favorte Flanimal is the baby Munty flumple,so look for it if you buy it.Iam saving up for "More Flanimals"and the Munty flumple action figure on www.flanimals.com.This is a very good book.Buy it.YOU WILL LOVE IT!
Too Weird.......2005-11-09
My 5 year old dismissed this book pretty quick. Just too off the wall for me and my kids.
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An exciting collection of projects, including a griffin, centaur, sea serpent, wyvern, and 12 animals from the Chinese zodiac: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, snake, monkey, and 6 others. "Together this author and publisher combination is responsible for eight of the definitive works that make a good introduction to origami." — Miniatura.
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Chinese Dragon Got Me Hooked!.......2007-10-18
For people who enjoy folding, John Montroll's Mythological Creatures and The Chinese Zodiac cannot go wrong. This book features creatures from The
Chinese Zodiac like snake, rooster, tiger, dragon, rat, and so on plus a few other creatures like Cerberus a.k.a Three Headed Dog, Western Dragon, and so on.
What a great book!.......2002-03-12
I am a beginning origami enthusiast and have only five origami books to my name. However, four of them are by John Montroll and this book, Mythological Creatures, is one of the best!! The drawings are easy to follow, the designs are very different and challenging and when completed, the three-headed dragon is just awesome!! It took me four hours to fold it, but it was worth the time. Get this book! The folds are great and the results are worth every penny!
Great Models for Intermediate Folders.......2002-02-16
This book has my favorite Montrol Model, Cerberus the three headed dog who guards the gates of hell, and my second favorite Pegasus. I had an old Sakoda model of a the flying horse but this one far exceeds it.
Montrol models tend to be complex, with many many folds. The detail of the three headed dragon is amazing. But the final model is less than pleasing. Sometimes less is more. On the other hand, there are no cuts in any of these models and if you use good large paper you will be amazed at what is possible.
(These models are easier than the Lang bugs)
I've seen better!.......2000-04-21
I was very disappointed in Montroll's origami books. the directions/diagrams were not clear or complete. i was also disappointed in the end results of the pieces. they lacked the detail despite the complicated folds that were used to achieve the finished pieces.
Not his best.......1999-07-01
This is a decent origami book overall. There are some very impressive models, such as the three headed dragon, but most of the book is pretty watered-down compared to some of Montroll's other books due to lack of detail.
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Published in 1943 and long unavailable, Dark Horse Books is proud to present this landmark book from the author of such beloved tales as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach and Matilda. Digitally restored, this remarkable presentation of Dahl's classic story, lavishly illustrated by the artists of the Walt Disney Studios, will delight readers of all ages! The Gremlins is the story of Gus, a British World War II fighter pilot, who during the Battle of Britain turned to look out on the wing of his plane only to see an amazing sight: a little man, no more than six inches tall with horns growing from his head, drilling a hole in the plane's wing. Gus was the first man to ever see a Gremlin, and what happened after that would change the war, and the world, forever. Bought by Walt Disney to be produced as an animated motion picture (and considered to be the first story featuring the mythical airplane sabotaging creatures known as Gremlins), the project was ultimately shelved and is reprinted here for the first time in over 60 years.
Customer Reviews:
WONDERFUL as EVER!.......2007-04-06
I have both the "Dark Horse" edition and the original and both are outstanding books. I got my first "Gremlins" in probably 1950 or so and find the new copy to be as good as the original.
The price on this edition sure beats the going rate for an original and the artwork is fine, at least to me. Probably a child of today won't appreciate the art and the story line but the "Gremlins" themselves are fantastic!
I highly recommend this book to anyone who remembers the original and also "the days of old."
gremlins.......2006-11-10
A wondeful discovery after 60 years. Sadly the colour quality of the full page colour pictures this 2006 edition is poor when compared with my original 1943 Christmas present. The original pictures are bright & sparkly while those of the new 2006 edition are dark & even the colours have different hue. For example the picture of Gremlin Gus on the joystick. In the original the instrument dials are all clearly legible this not the case in the 2006 edition.
However how many people are priviledged to have an original to make comparisons with?
So thanks for the dicovery, maybe now Disney will release the film.
Eric Fletcher
Lacks Dahl Magic.......2006-10-30
I'm a Roald Dahl fan but this book doesn't come close to being as good as his other stories. It reads like a rough draft of an idea he had that was never fully developed into a finished story. I'm amazed Disney decided to have it published.
The characters are flat. You never really like or dislike the gremlins, even though they are supposedly an enemy of the airforce, but later become friends. And Gus, and airforce pilot, is stupid and dull. Dahl has other stupid and dull characters in other stories but they are usually the villans and are presented with delicious, twisty Dahl humor. In The Gremlins, Gus is supposed to be a hero. The biggest disappointment was the lack of Dahl's signature humor. The story lacks so much of what you normally expect in a Dahl tale I kept asking myself with disbelief, "this is a Roald Dahl story?"
original.......2006-10-25
I have an original signed 1943 edition of this picture book, which my parents read to me as a child, and I now own as a family treasure. A treasure it certainly is...one of the most poignant children's books ever written.
At last, Disney & Dahl's lost treasure........2006-10-06
I'm a Disneyphile and I've been coveting this book ever since I first heard about it. I've scoured Australian secondhand bookstores for years, hoping, by some miracle, that I might find an original copy tucked away in a dusty corner somewhere with a $2 sticker on it, but to no avail. [...].
But recently I went to Abebooks just to check if there were any reasonably-priced copies available, and I nearly fell off my chair when I saw a copy for less than $10! Then I saw another one, and another one, and another one, and I immediately thought with great joy: "It's been reproduced!" And sure enough, Dark Horse Comics have lovingly restored and reissued this lost treasure, a fascinating collaboration between two of the greatest creative minds of the 20th century: Walt Disney and Roald Dahl. Previously only available to collectors with deep pockets, this whimsical tome is now available for everyone to enjoy, the young and the young at heart alike. Bravo, Dark Horse! My only regret is that the film version never got off the ground, but this book is the next best thing ... until maybe one day John Lasseter decides to do what Peter Jackson did with the "lost spider pit sequence" from the original King Kong and actually remake it from scratch as a labour of love.
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The newest entry in the popular Element Encyclopedia series spans the globe and the ages to present a feast of magical beasts, both familiar and rare. Populating this ultimate reference is a host of marvelous creatures, many of which have stirred our imagination since childhood; they come from fairytales and myths, and from beloved writers such as the Brothers Grimm, Lewis Carroll, J.R.R. Tolkien, and J.K Rowling. Each entry delves into folklore and history to reveal such secrets as why dragons guard the weather, how to make mermen laugh, and how a slow lizard cost humans the gift of eternal life. From Chinese dragons to Norwegian sea monsters, banshees to griffins, cherufes to lampaluguas, every fantastic figure gets its due.
Customer Reviews:
Ok, great............2007-09-06
So here I have (what I thought) to be the perfect reference for magical beings, etc. Also, here I have our second bedroom that I just redecorated into a study/guestroom with a magical theme (it's decorated with vintage magic posters), and I have a seven-year old stepson who will be sleeping in said room. The vintage magic posters are of Carter, Herrman, Blackstone, Houdini, Kellar, etc. Of course, they all have IMPS in them. I thought I'd show my son what imps are with this book so he wouldn't be afraid... Well, I thought I'd just pull out my trusty encyclopedia, but NO. There's every possible being you could ever imagine, except IMPS.
Bollocks I say... Just when you need a good reference book. NOT.
It is what it is..........2007-05-14
a comprehensive research volume. Personally, I have found it extremely valuable in my work, and will even pick it up on occasion for an aimless perusal. It does cry out for a few illustration, though I am sure many of the creatures in the book are loath to have their likenesses set down.
Not for the very young, but a must for the serious cryptozoologist.
The Care And Feeding of Dragons: An Illustrated Guide to Alternative Pet Maintenance, Book One
wheres the pictures??????.......2006-08-02
I bought this book to read and look at with my [...] son who is in love with dragons and creatures one look at the cover and we were excited to get it here however one would think an ENCYCLOPEDIA would have a picture or two not one damn picture in the whole book!!!! Yes it is an indepth read for an older person who still enjoys the magical world and i will be devouring this book by myself it was just disappointing we had great expectations of fantastical artwork and information to go with it.
Some Interesting Information--But Has Research Gaps and Innacuracies.......2006-07-19
"This book is a zoology of the imagination more than it is a natural history. It follows the myths of magical creatures wherever they show themselves, myths that are primal stories encoding understandings that we grasp by means of metaphor rather than with any literal-mindedness. Where will these creatures lead us?"
The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures is a 682-page, flexibound compendium of fantastic beings from myth, magic, and urban legend. (Flexibound is somewhat between a hardcover and a paperback). Arranged alphabetically for easy reference, hundreds of entries are culled from literature, sacred texts, history, legends, cryptozoology, and movies. Mythical stories pertaining to animals, fowl, and insects are also provided. Entertaining and informative, this book sparks both imagination and curiosity. Indeed, it's hard to read "just one" entry in this unique book.
Some of the fantastical beasts, monsters, and demigods listed in this book include:
* Bunyip
* Lorelei
* Puck
* Sasquatch
* Chupacabras
* Thoth
* Quetzalcoatl
* Elves
* Bastet
* Leviathan
* Dryads
* Lilith
* Ouroboros
* Mothman
* Fire Drake
* Golem
* Banshee
* Satyr
* Basilisk
* Thunderbird
* Scapegoat
While many entries are familiar, I found the majority obscure--having never heard of them. I was intrigued to find that Dobby, the house elf from the Harry Potter books, is actually a genus of British house fairies--known mostly in the north of England. Supposedly, the Dobby/Dobie makes ridiculous mistakes or is easily confused. When I read the entry for the Brownie (pronounced "broony"), I was surprised to read that the sure way to get rid of a brownie is to give him a piece of clothing--just like the house elves in the J.K. Rowling series. (Unfortunately, the authors didn't cross-reference Dobby to Brownie for some reason, so I stumbled upon the entry quite by accident. Or, due to obscene curiosity, I suppose).
At times, the authors speak at length about Potter references in relevant entries. However, the entry for the Stag fails to mention Harry Potter's Patronus, which is a luminous white stag that Harry conjures in his times of need.
Some of the research seems sketchy at best and inaccurate at worst. For example, under the Mothman entry, there's a mention of the movie The Mothman Prophecies. The entry states "starring Kevin Costner", but Costner isn't in the film. The star of the movie is actually Richard Gere. I have to wonder: if the authors include a mistake like this--on a fact that is easily researchable--how accurate is the other information in this book?
One of the first entries I looked up was "tulpas", a concept that fascinates me. Unfortunately, there is no mention or entry for this phenomenon. Yet, there was information on the Golem, which is similar--but of Jewish/Kabbalistic origin.
While the authors explained that Fawkes is a pet Phoenix of Dumbledore in the Potter series, they fail to mention a more common mythological connection: the Phoenix is connected to the sign of Scorpio, and is considered a higher expression of this Zodiacal sign. Another "miss" was the entry on Salamanders. There is no mention that this creature is a spirit connected with the fire element in magical Hermeticism and some Pagan traditions. (Not to mention that the Salamander is a somewhat common theme among the fire suits in Tarot, most notably the Wands.) So I looked up Gnome (associated with the earth element), and *did* find a brief mention of salamander, gnome, undine, and sylph in terms of hermetic practice and Paracelsusian philosophy. Thus, the cross references in this book seems to be shoddy.
While some of the information in The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures is downright fascinating, I was a bit disappointed to see what I considered glaring gaps in the research, not to mention inaccuracies. I didn't go looking for these, but discovered them early in my explorations of this book as I followed my interests and curiosity. That, and the fact that many of the entries were entirely unfamiliar to me, makes this a so-so book for me.
Granted, it's an overwhelming undertaking cataloguing hundreds of fantastical creatures from a myriad of sources--so kudos certainly go to the authors for doing a decent job as far as breadth goes. Moreover, I suppose I can't be *too* hard on the book, considering that it's an encyclopedia--not necessarily and exhaustive reference. Perhaps I am spoiled by Judika Illes' breadth *and* depth in The Element Encyclopedia of Witchcraft (not to mention her book on 5,000 spells).
If you're curious about the likes of mermen and griffins, sirens and orcs, The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures will probably delight you. I can see this book being especially good reference for sci-fi and fantasy writers. However, if you want comprehensive information on several creatures, you may be better off getting a book that is devoted specifically to such a subject. (Note: after only an hour or so of reading this book, the pages began to pull away from the glue binding. Unfortunately, the flexibound cover/binding isn't as sturdy as the two previous hardback installments of the Element Encyclopedia series. Thus, it's not a good idea to read the book flat--but this hefty volume makes it almost impossible to read any other way without experiencing discomfort.)
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- Mediocre Illustration
- Depends on your purpose
- well, it's a start
- one of a kind, but not very special.........................
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Vast compilation of copyright-free images from many cultures and eras — from prehistoric rock paintings to Max Ernst, from the masks of black Africa to the gargoyles of Notre Dame.
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Mediocre Illustration.......2006-11-06
These illustration are mediocre at best and I wish I had realized that they were an artists interpretation of monsters from historical sources, not direct images. Darn.
Depends on your purpose.......2005-11-18
Satisfaction with this purchase will very much depend on your purpose. It certainly does not have much text in the book to accompany the illustrations. Personally, I wasn't expecting any having purchased other Dover publications for artists and craftspeople. Which then left the illustrations. There is a diverse range here across different parts of the world. I was expecting different 'ages' rather than different 'locations'; only because some pictorial archives (especially costume ones) start with the oldest period and work forwards.
As someone looking for different animals and creatures for use in collage art, altered books and card making, this is a good book to add to my collection. There are certainly all manner of creatures contained within.
If you are looking for an informative archive through text, then this is certainly not the book for you. If like me, you are looking for a range of creatures; then this book has something to offer.
well, it's a start.......2002-12-28
On the one hand, the book does offer wide-ranging coverage. There isn't a region of the world that isn't covered to some extent.
On the other hand, the textual information provided is sparse and occasionally *wrong*, and some of the inclusions are questionable.
Each illustration has a one-sentence caption, varying considerably in detail provided. Some give you all the information you would need to find the source of the original illustration, some are a single word identifying the type of creature, others are somewhere in-between. It's unclear how much of this dearth of information is because of the reliance on secondary rather than original sources, and how much of it is because the author and/or his editor over-did the cutting.
Also, some of the captions are mis-assigned. Going through the book, I easily spotted several occasions where two of the illustrations on the same page were clearly given each other's captions. I only spotted this a few times but it begs the question, how many other such errors are there in the book that I didn't spot?
Finally, some of the illustrations included really don't belong. Details from Bosch paintings make sense, they're demons ("fantastical and mythological creatures") from hundreds of years ago ("from historic sources"). But there are some figures from modern art included that don't seem to belong, particularly a Picasso that's just an abstract rendering of a normal human.
It may well be more useful for its bibliography than for its content.
one of a kind, but not very special................................2000-04-04
at first, i was terribly dissapointed at the simple black and white renderings and 1 sentance descriptions. however, i learned to appreciate it as a one of a kind book. it is not very insightful, special, creative, or informative, and i want to let let it be known that this book is not going to be good for a little kid who just likes little baby fairy tales or other things like that. this is especially for the advanced fan of mythological and fantastic creatures. i know that i tresure my copy though! love ya'!
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Describes in rhyme a variety of fantastical creatures such as the blue-snouted Twumps, the pie-faced Pazeeks, and the fancy Fandangos.
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Classic Bill Peet.......2007-10-05
Bill Peet is one of our favorite authors. My 5 yr old son enjoys every book that we have of his, especially this one. It's an imaginative journey on what animal/thing you can create and the wonders and woes it might have. Very entertaining. Similar to Dr. Suess with his odd creatures and rhyming text.
Giggles for you kiddo.......2006-01-21
My 6 1/2 year old daughter loves this book. It's quickly become her favorite, and we read it multiple times at bedtime every night. I find his writing and illustrations to be very imaginative, creative and clever. A fun book.
My personal favorite "No Such Thing" creature is the cross between the bear and the fox that has backward feet, walks on its hind legs, leaving tracks in the snow that lead the hunters the opposite direction from which he's actually walking.
Every child should read this.......2004-01-26
I can only name a few of the many, many books I read as a child, and this is one of them. This is an absolutley marvelous book that every child should be able to read. The illustrations in it are great and each animal will make a kid giggle with delight. Oozing with imagination this a book anyone can enjoy, and it really turned me on to reading as a child. Please get this for your kid.
Wonderful Multi-Generational Book.......2002-06-06
I used to check out this book when I was child. My friends and I used to race to the P section of the school library to check out all of Bill Peet's books. His stories are so fun and imaginative. The illustrations pop off the pages and are completely captivationg. I can't wait to read this story to my little boy. I know he will love it as much as I still do!
The Greatest Kid's Book Ever.......2002-03-04
Everyone has a story that they remember from when they were little, a book that they would check out every time they went to the library. This was mine, mainly because of its amazing illustrations and creatures that could have existed, at least to a five year old. This story appeals to all children, amusing both princesses and knights.
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That's What Friends Do
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If you are lost in the wood, I will find you. If you're afraid of the cold and the dark, I'll sit beside you. With subtle text and expressive illustrations, That's What Friends Do beautifully evokes the joys of giving and receiving true friendship.
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A celebration of friendship and fun .......2005-06-14
Ages 2-6 will enjoy a celebration of friendship and fun with Kathryn Cave's That's What Friends Do, a zany picturebook tale that is nicely illustrated by Nick Maland: very easy 3-line pages celebrate elements of friendship from acceptance to reliability.
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A beautiful collection of fantasy designs inspired by classic literature, myths and legends. Decorative borders, stylised frames, patterns and motifs are included, with many different creatures finely illustrated, including unicorns, mermaids, serpents and more. These classic designs wil inspire craftspeople, artists, needleworkers and all those interested in creating their own original ideas and projects. These original designs can be used by craftspeople, artists, needleworkers and all those interested in creating their own original ideas and projects.
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