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Imaginary Menagerie
A Book of Curious Creatures
By Larios, Julie
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-15206-325-2
- Publisher
- Harcourt
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2008
Gr 2-5 Dragons, centaurs, hobgoblins, and 11 other mythical creatures of worldwide origins feature in Larios's short poems and Paschkis's distinctive folk paintings. Caught for eternity in compromising situations, some creatures, such as the gargoyle, wax melancholy. "How can a beast fly/with stone wings?/"I fly when the bells ring/and the hunchback is home"." As in "Yellow Elephant: A Bright Bestiary" (Harcourt, 2006), this bright compendi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on May 1, 2008
Poet Larios and painter Paschkis follow up their Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book Yellow Elephant with this vision of mythical creatures. Dragons, mermaids, and trolls inhabit their menagerie, but so do creatures from world folktales, from firebirds (Russia) to Naga water deities (Southeast Asia). The even include some exotic m...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
Dragons, mermaids, and trolls inhabit this menagerie, as do creatures from world folktales, including firebirds (Russia) and Naga water deities (...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
