Paula Hammond

Bugs is a 300-entry mini encyclopedia of creepy-crawlies and other insects that populate our planet.

Nature's Tiniest and Terrifying Creatures

Bugs

A collection of ghoulish beasts from mythology and folklore, from sea monsters, giants, and one-eyed dogs to dwarves and seven-headed snakes.

Scary Monsters of Myths and Legends

Fantastic Fearsome Beasts

Dinosaurs of the Jurassic World explores the lives of 28 dinosaurs and prehistoric animals, including such famous examples as Tyrannosaurus and Velociraptor, but also lesser known beasts like the giant eel Dunkleosteus and Hesperornis, a huge aquatic bird from 78 million years ago. Including flying dinosaurs and swimming dinosaurs, two-legged and four-legged dinosaurs, plant-eating and meat-eating dinosaurs, armoured, spiked and horned dinosaurs, Dinosaurs of the Jurassic World is a feast of exciting prehistoric beasts. The book is illustrated throughout with outstanding full-colour annotated artworks for each animal. Alongside easy-to-follow descriptions of each animal’s habitat, characteristics and diet, there are factfile boxes, locator maps and size comparison guides. Spanning many millions of years and showing us both the ancestors and successors of the dinosaurs, Dinosaurs of the Jurassic World contains many animals we probably never knew existed. With expert artworks and easy-to-follow text, the book will educate and entertain children about the fascinating world of early life on Earth.

Dinosaurs of the Jurassic World

A survey of 50 of the more unusual animal species--from the aardvark to the seahorse--lists the strangest animals of the world by continent, providing key facts about their lifespans, diets, unusual characteristics and habitats.

Atlas of the World's Strangest Animals

Knights * Castles * Battles * Weapons

Warriors of the Medieval World

African ogres with eyes in their feet, one-eyed giant dogs, a man trapped in the body of a werewolf, human monsters made out of scorching magma – the world’s mythologies and folklores have created the most wonderfully ghoulish beasts to give us a thrill and a chill. Fantastic Fearsome Beasts collects 44 beasts from mythology and folklore drawn from cultures all around the world, from biblical monsters that were mistaken for islands to dogs that are the portent of death, from giant bulls to evil dwarves to spirits, serpents and dog-faced men. Including a wide-ranging selection of monsters from European, North American, South American, Hindu, Mesopotamian, ancient Greek, Norse, African, Chinese and many other mythologies, the book features vampires, sea-monsters and lizard- monsters, giants, giant walruses and half-dragons. Together these characters and their stories offer an insight into how different cultures represent their fears. Fantastic Fearsome Beasts is illustrated throughout with outstanding new full-colour annotated artworks for each character. Alongside easy-to-follow accounts of each character’s story, there are factfile boxes, locator maps and size comparison guides.

Lists the endangered animals of the world by continent, providing key facts about their lifespan, diet, physical characteristics, habitats, and the actions being taken to help conserve each endangered animal.

Wildlife Under Threat Around the World

The Atlas of Endangered Animals

Mammals don’t lay eggs. Or do they? Fish can’t walk. Or can they? Mammals can’t fly. Or can they? The World’s Strangest Animals collects more than 40 of the most unusual animals from all kinds of habitats from around the world, from the komodo dragon and the sugar glider to the mantis and the seahorse. Learn how some mammals do lay eggs, that the mudskipper fish can walk on its fins and that bats are mammals that can fly. From the Arctic to the tropics and featuring lizards, frogs and toads, octopuses, tapeworms, snakes, laughing birds, lovebirds and insects that eat each other, The World’s Strangest Animals is illustrated throughout with outstanding full-page photographs and artworks for each animal. With easy-to-follow descriptions of each animal’s habitat and life cycle, as well as locator maps and factfile boxes, this book will appeal to any child interested in wildlife.

The World's Strangest Animals

The seas, oceans and rivers of the world are one of the last great wild frontiers. Here, gigantic herbivores and voracious predators make their homes. There may be no real Loch Ness monsters, but sea ‘monsters’ of all sizes and shapes can still be found lurking in the ocean’s darkest depths. From the deadly great white shark to the legendary giant squid, from the barracuda to the manta ray to the alligator gar and piranha, Sharks and Underwater Monsters takes the reader on a fascinating journey into a strange and little-known world. Each of the featured creatures is illustrated with a large, full-colour, annotated photograph with supporting colour artworks, and accompanied by easy-to-follow text, locator maps and information boxes designed to enhance the learning experience. With examples carefully drawn from habitats as diverse as the icy waters of the Arctic to the sun-drenched Indian Ocean, this engaging and accessible volume reveals the secrets of some of nature’s strangest and most colourful animals.

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