Download or read book Creatures of Ancient Lands written by Anastasia Suen and published by Carson-Dellosa Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-04 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book Features: • 32 pages, 7 1⁄2 inches x 10 inches • Ages 8-12, Grades 3-6 leveled readers • Easy-to-read pages with vibrant illustrations • Features before/during reading activities, comprehension questions, and an extension activity • Vocabulary and glossary included The Magic of Reading: Introduce children to the magic of reading by learning about ancient creatures and dinosaurs that used to roam Earth in Mega-Cool Megafauna: Creatures of Ancient Lands. Hands-On Reading: Millions of years ago, gigantic creatures ruled the Earth. Take a trip through time and history exploring all the mega-cool and mega-sized creatures that lived on this very planet! Features: More than just an engaging story full of interesting facts about history, dinosaurs and other species, this kids book also features reading activities, comprehension questions, and vocabulary for added reading engagement. Leveled Books: Vibrant illustrations and leveled text work together to engage children and promote reading comprehension skills. This book engages 3rd-6th grade readers with fun facts and interesting topics like dinosaurs and history. Why Rourke Educational Media: Since 1980, Rourke Publishing Company has specialized in publishing engaging and diverse non-fiction and fiction books for children in a wide range of subjects that support reading success on a level that has no limits.
Download or read book MEGA Creatures of Ancient Lands written by Anastasia Suen and published by Carson-Dellosa Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-04 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CREATURES OF ANCIENT LANDS: Explore fascinating facts about some of the biggest, coolest, most MEGA-sized creatures to have ever roamed Earth! MEGACOOL MEGAFAUNA: This series explores the history of some of the most massive creatures that ever lived. Some are even still alive today! These awesome extra-large animals have an amazing history, so let's start exploring! INCLUDES: This 32-page high-interest book for grades 3–6 includes a glossary, index, and comprehension questions. BENEFITS: This fact- and illustration-filled nonfiction text introduces young readers to giant-sized life forms, capturing the attention of readers and not letting go! Each book in the series also supports NGSS standards. WHY ROURKE: Since 1980, we’ve been committed to bringing out the best nonfiction books to help you bring out the best in your young learners. Our carefully crafted topics encourage all students who are "learning to read" and "reading to learn"!
Download or read book The Monsters and Creatures of Greek Mythology written by Don Nardo and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes some of the strange, colorful, and dangerous creatures found in Greek mythology.
Download or read book Animals of Ancient Lands written by Carroll Lane Fenton and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Creatures of Ancient Skies written by Anastasia Suen and published by Carson-Dellosa Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-04 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book Features: • 32 pages, 7 1⁄2 inches x 10 inches • Ages 8-12, Grades 3-6 leveled readers • Easy-to-read pages with vibrant illustrations • Features before/during reading activities, comprehension questions, and an extension activity • Vocabulary and glossary included The Magic of Reading: Introduce children to the magic of reading by learning about ancient creatures and dinosaurs that used to soar through our very skies in Mega-Cool Megafauna: Creatures of Ancient Skies. Hands-On Reading: Millions of years ago, gigantic reptiles ruled the skies. Take a trip through time and history exploring all the mega-cool and mega-sized creatures that lived on our very planet! Features: More than just an engaging story full of interesting facts about history, dinosaurs and other species, this kids book also features reading activities, comprehension questions, and vocabulary for added reading engagement. Leveled Books: Vibrant illustrations and leveled text work together to engage children and promote reading comprehension skills. This book engages 3rd-6th grade readers with fun facts and interesting topics like dinosaurs and history. Why Rourke Educational Media: Since 1980, Rourke Publishing Company has specialized in publishing engaging and diverse non-fiction and fiction books for children in a wide range of subjects that support reading success on a level that has no limits.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth Legend and Folklore written by Theresa Bane and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-05-09 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Here there be dragons"--this notation was often made on ancient maps to indicate the edges of the known world and what lay beyond. Heroes who ventured there were only as great as the beasts they encountered. This encyclopedia contains more than 2,200 monsters of myth and folklore, who both made life difficult for humans and fought by their side. Entries describe the appearance, behavior, and cultural origin of mythic creatures well-known and obscure, collected from traditions around the world.
Download or read book The First Fossil Hunters written by Adrienne Mayor and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2023-04-11 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating story of how the fossils of dinosaurs, mammoths, and other extinct animals influenced some of the most spectacular creatures of classical mythology Griffins, Centaurs, Cyclopes, and Giants—these fabulous creatures of classical mythology continue to live in the modern imagination through the vivid accounts that have come down to us from the ancient Greeks and Romans. But what if these beings were more than merely fictions? What if monstrous creatures once roamed the earth in the very places where their legends first arose? This is the arresting and original thesis that Adrienne Mayor explores in The First Fossil Hunters. Through careful research and meticulous documentation, she convincingly shows that many of the giants and monsters of myth did have a basis in fact—in the enormous bones of long-extinct species that were once abundant in the lands of the Greeks and Romans. As Mayor shows, the Greeks and Romans were well aware that a different breed of creatures once inhabited their lands. They frequently encountered the fossilized bones of these primeval beings, and they developed sophisticated concepts to explain the fossil evidence, concepts that were expressed in mythological stories. The legend of the gold-guarding griffin, for example, sprang from tales first told by Scythian gold-miners, who, passing through the Gobi Desert at the foot of the Altai Mountains, encountered the skeletons of Protoceratops and other dinosaurs that littered the ground. Like their modern counterparts, the ancient fossil hunters collected and measured impressive petrified remains and displayed them in temples and museums; they attempted to reconstruct the appearance of these prehistoric creatures and to explain their extinction. Long thought to be fantasy, the remarkably detailed and perceptive Greek and Roman accounts of giant bone finds were actually based on solid paleontological facts. By reading these neglected narratives for the first time in the light of modern scientific discoveries, Adrienne Mayor illuminates a lost world of ancient paleontology.
Download or read book Lost Animals written by John Whitfield and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet the incredible animals that have disappeared due to competition, mass extinctions, hunting, and human activity. Lost Animals brings back to life some of the most charismatic creatures to inhabit the planet. It captures the imagination with more than 200 incredible photographs, artworks of fossils, and scientific drawings of charming creatures like dodos, paraceratherium (the largest land mammal), spinosaurus (the biggest carnivorous dinosaur), placeoderm fishes (the sharks of their day), and more! Lost Animals is a captivating documentation of evolution and extinction. Each chapter focuses on a specific time in Earth's history, from the Cambrian explosion (the most intense surge of evolution the world has ever experienced) to present times, with profiles of the key species that lived then. From long extinct animals to Lazarus species--animals that were thought to be extinct before being rediscovered--this book takes readers on a journey through Earth's natural history, highlighting the world's biggest animal losses and its moments of conservational hope.
Download or read book Sea and land written by J.W. Buel and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 2012 with total page 807 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated history of the wonderful and curious things of nature existing before and since the deluge being a natural history of the sea illustrated by stirring adventures with whales also a natural history of land-creatures.
Download or read book The Lost Books of the Bible and The Forgotten Books of Eden written by Rutherford Hayes Platt and published by Nelson Bibles. This book was released on 1927 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presented here are two volumes of apocryphal writings reflecting the life and time of the Old and New Testaments. Stories told by contemporary fiction writers of historical Bible times in fascinating and beautiful style.
Download or read book More Animals of Ancient Lands written by Carroll Lane Fenton and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Atlas of Monsters written by Sandra Lawrence and published by Running Press Kids. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A whimsical and imaginative catalog of fantastical beasts and creatures of myth and legend from around the world-complete with a code that needs cracking to uncover the mystery of the monster atlas! One day a collection of very old maps is found in a dusty library. They show where in the world monsters and creatures from mythology and folklore can be found. According to the notes left with the maps, they were made by Cornelius Walters, an intrepid explorer from the 15th century. But did Walters really make these elaborate maps, or is it all a hoax? The librarian who discovered them is not certain . . . and what are the strange messages in a cryptic code that Walters records in his ship's log? The codes throughout, once cracked, may indeed lead to something sinister that will happen should the atlas ever be published! This is a gorgeously illustrated and comprehensive catalog of monsters, beasts, and mythical creatures from around the globe, with an easy-to-read format and incredible detail on each spread.
Download or read book Mythical Creatures and Magical Beasts written by Zayden Stone and published by . This book was released on 2021-09 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What made Athena furious with a local weaver that she transformed her into Greek mythology's first spider woman, Arachne? What is the tall tale behind Filipino folklore's sea serpent Bakunawa, who flies through the night skies devouring moons? What is the symbolism behind French folktale's infamous night rider, Cheval Mallet? We have all been exposed to a mythological beast in one form or another. Whether it is the three headed guard dog Fluffy in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, or even the story of Smaug in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth in The Hobbit; all these pop culture mythical creatures have a deep connection to the mythologies and folktales of ancient cultures. Where did they come from? What relevance do they serve in mythology? Why are some so obscure, while others become pop-culture enigmas? Get the answer to these questions, and learn about beasts from different world cultures. Folklorist Zayden Stone dives deep into the stories of these magical beasts and provides a fictional anecdote, a retelling of the original myths, an analysis of the symbolism and relevance of the creatures, and then pairs it with some beautiful black and white illustrations reimagined by artist Herdhian. In the Mythical Creatures and Mythological Beasts book, the illustrated guide takes you through six themes that have been specifically chosen since they are consistent across cultures. The categories include: arthropods for insects, crustaceans, and arachnids; avian for birds; canines for wolves and dogs; serpents for snakes and dragons; ungulates for hooved animals like horses and cows; and aquatic for water dwelling beasts. Presenting the creatures in categories makes it easier to see what the beasts have in common. You will find some overlapping themes across ancient cultures that point to universal ideas in how humans perceive the world. If you wonder where your favorite creature is, you will probably find them within these pages, even if they do not have their own chapter. For example, the ever-popular Pegasus can be found in the tale of the Gorgon sisters. He also had a half-brother, Arion, who features in the ungulates section. There is also a brilliant white-winged horse from Islamic tradition which may sound very familiar to Pegasus as well. If you have a love for the myths and want to learn about the unique beasts that dwell within them, this book is a great way to do it. Not only will you learn about ones you may have never heard of, but you will also be able to draw parallels between cultures and see how they interpreted their surroundings through stories of mythical creatures and magical beasts.
Download or read book Sea Creatures Crawl on Land written by Dougal Dixon and published by Newforest Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Describes the animals of the Paleozoic Era, when animals with bony parts and the first land animals developed. Includes an Animal Families glossary, prehistory timeline, and pronunciation guides"--
Download or read book Egyptian Myth A Very Short Introduction written by Geraldine Pinch and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004-04-22 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text explains the cultural and historical background to the fascinating and complex world of Egyptian myth, with each chapter dealing with a particular theme.
Download or read book History of Four Footed Beasts and Serpents and Insects written by Topsell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-06-11 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1967. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book Those Ancient Lands written by Louis Golding and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
