A Natural History of Magical Beasts

Name: A Natural History of Magical Beasts
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9780711278806
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By Emily Hawkins

Series: Folklore Field Guides

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Summary

In A Natural History of Magical Beasts by Emily Hawkins, young readers embark on a journey through an enchanting world filled with mythical creatures, exploring their habitats and unique behaviours. The book blends captivating illustrations with engaging descriptions, offering insights into the lives of magical beasts ranging from the familiar to the fantastical. It's a delightful exploration that sparks the imagination and fosters a sense of wonder in children.
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Format: Hardback

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This enchanting children's book may appeal to you if you're fascinated by mythical creatures and love to explore imaginative worlds. It's packed with detailed illustrations and magical stories, making it a delightful journey through the folklore of various magical beasts. Perfect for young readers with a curiosity for fantasy and adventure.

A Natural History of Magical Beasts

A Natural History of Magical Beasts is a complete guide to magical creatures from around the world, from their lifecycles and behaviour to how they have hidden themselves from human discovery for centuries.

Description

Featuring a gold-foil-embossed cloth cover, a ribbon marker, and sprayed gold edges, this gorgeous volume is filled with beautiful illustrations and precise notes detailing the secret lives of magical beasts.

Tales of magical creatures have been told across the world for generations... but are these stories merely flights of fancy, or is there any truth to the legends of unicorns and dragons, centaurs and griffins?

Presented as the notebook of a 1920s zoologist, this lavish volume sets out to answer this question, revealing the hidden world of the magical beasts that live among us. Within these pages, you will meet bizarre and beautiful creatures from around the globe, discovering their habits, habitats, and the legends surrounding them. Learn about the anatomy of a unicorn, the life cycle of a phoenix, incredible dragon courtship dances, and much more in this ultimate guide to magical creatures.

This exquisitely illustrated album will entrance all true-believers and fantasy enthusiasts. Following on from A Natural History of Fairies, A Natural History of Magick, and A Natural History of Mermaids, this vintage notebook is part of the Folklore Field Guides series: a charming collection of beautifully illustrated compendiums on topics of lore and legend.

Fascinating facts are accompanied by breathtaking illustrations, all presented in an engaging narrative form.

Series: Folklore Field Guides

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Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

A Natural History of Magical Beasts by Emily Hawkins is presented as a highly illustrated gift edition that details the fictional discoveries of mythical creatures such as dragons, griffins, and unicorns by the zoologist Dr Dimitrios Pagonis. The book is praised for its engaging narrative that combines fantasy with educational elements on the anatomy and behaviour of these creatures, making it an appealing read for children interested in the magical world.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780711278806

Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 07 September 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Frances Lincoln Children's Books

Illustration: Colour Illustrations

Contributors:

Illustrated by Jessica Roux
Illustrated by Jessica Roux

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 304.0mm

Height: 265.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 64

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Emily Hawkins Series: Folklore Field Guides Young Adult

About the Author

Once a children's book editor, Emily Hawkins is now a full-time author. Her work has been featured on the New York Times bestseller list (Oceanology, 2009) as well as winning the Children's Travel Book of the Year Award (Atlas of Animal Adventures, 2016). Along with her background in children's non-fiction Emily has a strong interest in myth, folklore and storytelling, and has written several titles in the Lost Atlases and Spin to Survive series (Wide Eyed Editions). In 2020 she wrote A Natural History of Fairies, which has been translated into twelve languages, selling more than 100,000 copies worldwide.Jessica Roux is a Nashville-based illustrator and plant and animal enthusiast. She loves exploring in her own backyard and being surrounded by an abundance of nature. Using subdued colours and rhythmic shapes, she renders flora, fauna, food and many other things with intricate detail reminiscent of old world beauty. Her first book with Frances Lincoln is A Natural History of Fairies (September 2020).