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Here There Be Monsters : The Legendary Kraken and the Giant Squid

Here There Be Monsters : The Legendary Kraken and the Giant Squid Hardcover - 2010

by H. P. Newquist

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HERE THERE BE MONSTERS: THE KRAKEN explores the existence of the mysterious giant squid, a sea creature that may have inspired stories of the legendary sea monster known as the Kraken.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2010. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Details

  • Title Here There Be Monsters : The Legendary Kraken and the Giant Squid
  • Author H. P. Newquist
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First American E
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 73
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, New York
  • Date 2010
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0547076789I3N00
  • ISBN 9780547076782 / 0547076789
  • Weight 1.25 lbs (0.57 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 10.2 x 0.6 in (23.11 x 25.91 x 1.52 cm)
  • Ages 09 to UP years
  • Grade levels 4 - UP
  • Reading level 1170
  • Library of Congress subjects Giant squids, Kraken
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009045246
  • Dewey Decimal Code 594.58

Summary

HP Newquist's fast-paced account reveals how long-ago myths about the kraken transformed into the modern study of Architeuthis dux, the giant squid.Weaving scientific discovery with historical accounts—along with the giant squid’s appearance in film and literature—Here There Be Monsters explores the mystery of this creature in fascinating detail. Readers will find that the monster remains hidden no longer, because scientists have finally seen the kraken with their own eyes . . . alive and rising up out of the sea.

From the publisher

HP Newquist writes about all kinds of things, from human brains and giant squids to monsters and music. For this book, he traveled all the way to Australia to view a frozen giant squid and then handled Architeuthis arms at Yale University. Despite his best efforts, he has never seen a live giant squid. Or any other monster, for that matter.

Media reviews

"He seamlessly moves among exploration of history, mythology, film, literature and scientific discovery; the discussions of how everyone from Alfred, Lord Tennyson to Jules Verne to Walt Disney kept the myth of the ferocious kraken alive in people's imaginations are especially interesting. The book is abundantly illustrated with charts, maps and photographs."—Kirkus Reviews

"An attractive, informative book on an underrepresented topic."—Booklist

"The concise text, complemented by illustrations, photographs, and maps, smoothly segues between history and science, and could almost pass for a Scientists in the Field entry but for the cover and title, which rightfully play to the monster audience. "—The Horn Book

About the author

HP Newquist writes about all kinds of things, from human brains and giant squids to monsters and music. For this book, he traveled all the way to Australia to view a frozen giant squid and then handled Architeuthis arms at Yale University. Despite his best efforts, he has never seen a live giant squid. Or any other monster, for that matter.