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Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Alexander Price is a member of a cryptozoological lineage that spans generations and it's his job to act as a buffer between the human and cryptid worlds -- not an easy task when you're dealing with women who has snakes in place of hair, little girls who may actually be cobras, and brilliant, beautiful Australian zookeepers. And then there's the matter of the murders. Alex thought he was choosing the easier career when he decided to specialize in...
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InCryptid volume 1
Language
English
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Verity Price, who has been trained from birth as a cryptozoologist--a monster hunter--attempts to pursue a career in professional ballroom dance, but dangerous cryptids and an enemy operative keep getting in the way.
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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Mary Dunlavy didn't intend to become a professional babysitter. Of course, she didn't intend to die, either, or to become a crossroads ghost. As a babysitting ghost, she's been caring for the Price family for four generations, and she's planning to keep doing the job for the better part of forever. With her first charge finally back from her decades-long cross-dimensional field trip, with a long-lost husband and adopted daughter in tow, it's time...
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Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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"Sasquatch, also known as Bigfoot, is considered a cryptid--a creature of cryptozoology. What is cryptozoology? According to author and cryptozoologist Loren Coleman, it is the study of creatures not formally recognized by traditional science. It is the quest to understand eyewitness observations that simply cannot be proven via ordinary channels. Coined by French-born zoologist Dr. Bernard Heuvelmans in the 1960s, the term "cryptozoology" is based...
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English
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"Bigfoot is an instantly recognizable figure. Through the decades, this elusive primate has been featured in movies and books, on coffee mugs, beer koozies, car polish, and CBD oil. Which begs the question: what is it about Bigfoot that's caught hold of our imaginations? Journalist and self-diagnosed skeptic John O'Connor is fascinated by Sasquatch. Curious to learn more, he embarks on a quest through the North American wilds in search of Bigfoot,...
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Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"Alexander Price has survived gorgons, basilisks, and his own family--no small feat, considering that his family includes two telepaths, a reanimated corpse, and a colony of talking, pantheistic mice. Still, he's starting to feel like he's got the hang of things...at least until his girlfriend, Shelby Tanner, shows up asking pointed questions about werewolves and the state of his passport. From there, it's just a hop, skip, and a jump to Australia,...
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Anomalist Books
Pub. Date
[2015].
Language
English
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Derived from the Latin noun "monstrum" and the Old French "monstre," "monster" has many different definitions -- a very strange, frightening, possibly evil/ugly mythical creature; something huge and/or threatening; a mutant, or abnormal animal; even something extraordinary, astonishing, incredible, unnatural, inexplicable. These definitions collectively cover all of this book's subjects -- and so too, therefore, does the single word "monster" from...
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Quirk Books
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English
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"A guide to cryptids of the United States and the local communities that celebrate them"--
From the infamous Jersey Devil to the obscure Snallygaster, Ocker uncovers the bizarre stories of creatures from all fifty states. He investigates the ways in which communities embrace and celebrate their local cryptids, creating a fascinating tour through American folklore and history. In exploring the stories we tell about monsters, he examines what those...
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Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
"Dive into the facts behind the most well-known footage of the cryptid and learn about actual scientific studies conducted to learn whether or not Bigfoot actually exists. Filled with accounts of over a century of potential sightings, this book will have every reader looking for footprints on their next hike. Bigfoot has been the star subject of movies, TV shows, books, and more... but is he really out there?"--
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English
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Explore the world through its most unlikely creatures: Cryptozoology, the study of hidden, monstrous, and legendary animals, is truly the art of discovering the unknown. Richard Freeman, Zoological Director of Centre for Fortean Zoology, has explored the corners of the five continents on the search for creatures that many people believe are non-existent. In this book, he shares the exciting stories of his investigations of the Yeti, Mongolian Deathworm,...
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[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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"Mysterious Creatures: Paranormal Encounters is a collection of real life encounters with all things paranormal such as ghosts, aliens, UFOs, demons, shadow people, etc. These are real encounters submitted to the Mysterious Creatures Facebook Group by our members. If you're a fan of the paranormal then this book is definitely for you"--Back cover.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Cryptozoology is the study of animals that may or may not be real: familiar animals like Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster, and those that are less familiar like the Marozi of Kenya, the Orang-pendek of Sumatra and the Thylacine of Tasmania. Meet these and more in this introduction to cryptozoology.
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Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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"Inspired by her popular Wild Thing podcast, journalist Laura Krantz incorporates the scientific method and her journalistic skills to determine if Bigfoot is real. When journalist Laura Krantz discovered that her long-lost cousin, Grover Krantz, a distinguished anthropologist and professor at Washington State University, had devoted much of his career to the search for Bigfoot, she couldn't quite believe it. A natural skeptic and a strong believer...
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Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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"As the youngest of the three Price children, Antimony is used to people not expecting much from her. Annie's expectations keep getting shattered. She didn't expect Verity to declare war on the Covenant of St. George on live television. She didn't expect the Covenant to take her sister's threat seriously. And she definitely didn't expect to be packed off to London to infiltrate the Covenant from the inside" --Publisher's description.
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Monster hunter mystery volume 2
Language
English
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"Business has been booming since Morgan Carter solved the case of the monster living in Lake Michigan. The Odds and Ends bookstore is thriving, of course, but Morgan is most excited by the doors that were opened for her as a cryptid hunter. Recently, there have been numerous sightings of a Bigfoot-type creature in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest area of Bayfield County, Wisconsin. After a man is found dead from a vicious throat injury in the...
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Incryptid volume 12
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"The fast-paced InCryptid urban fantasy series returns to the mishaps of the Price family, eccentric cryptozoologists who safeguard the world of magical creatures living in secret among humans. With the wonders of the cosmos open to them, Thomas and Alice Price have returned to the most exciting place they could think of: home. But it's been a while, and they're out of step. What's more, trouble is brewing in New York, trouble that threatens both...
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Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The new story follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species, thought to be mere myths, rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity's very existence hanging in the balance.
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