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

Author: HP Newquist Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Children, Picture books, Non Fiction, Science Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780547076782 0547076789

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. Similar books: Grand Canyon by Jason Chin Redwoods by Jason Chin The Story of Snow by Mark Cassino From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons Optical Physics for Babies by Chris Ferrie From Seed to Pumpkin by Wendy Pfeffer Tsunami! by Kimiko Kajikawa The Pumpkin Book by Gail Gibbons An Island Grows by Lola M. Schaefer Ocean Sunlight by Molly Bang Cloud Dance by Thomas Locker A Cool Drink of Water by Barbara Kerley Dem Bones by Bob Barner Weather Words and What They Mean by Gail Gibbons Rocket Science for Babies by Chris Ferrie Simple Machines by David A. Adler Secrets of the Garden by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld Can You Count to a Googol? by Robert E. Wells Ducks Don't Get Wet by Augusta Goldin Quantum Entanglement for Babies by Chris Ferrie