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Review Excerpts
We've heard from KIRKUS, Booklist, VOYA, some of the world's leading experts in cryptozoology, and the real experts: the kids! Come see!
"...a delight for casual browsers and for would-be cryptozoologists alike."
- Kirkus Review, August 15, 2006
"Most kids love monsters, and Halls, Spears, and Young obviously had a grand time pulling up creepy critters to feed readers' fertile imaginations."
- School Library Journal,
November 2006
"Regional differences of similarly evolved beasts, historical accounts, scientific principles, and excellent storytelling make this account a cross-curriculum title...It is a fascinating book to browse or devour in one sitting."
-Beth Gallaway, VOYA
"Authors Halls, Rick Spears, and Roxyanne Young make a valiant attempt to find what is true and provable...and their keen interest in the topic produces an earnest but ironic tone, like watching the History Channel."
- Booklist,
November 15, 2006
"...Tales of the Cryptids, Mysterious Creatures that May or May
Not Exist, an investigation by Halls, Spears and Young. It's really a
children's book and it's perfect for people who are into cryptozoology who want
to share their love and passion for these animals, these mysterious creatures..."
- Ian Punnett, host, Coast to Coast Live with Ian Punnett
We've been boingboing'd!
"...Loren Coleman has posted his Top Cryptozoology Books of 2006. I like the looks of his pick for kids, Tales of the Cryptids: Mysterious Creatures That May or May Not Exist. My son is only eight-months-old, but I'm going to get this for him anyway. Gotta start 'em young." -
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"CRYPTIDS is worthy of being in every children's library in the world. It is time for cryptozoology to be seen as the new frontier of learning it is, and [this] book is one I would highly recommend for kids."
- Loren Coleman, the world's greatest living cryptozoologist and author of over 25 books, including Becoming a Cryptozoologist
"I would also highly recommend Tales of the Cryptids for any child who has an interest in this subject matter. Heck, I would even recommend it for those that don’t. It covers the whole gamut of cryptozoology. It is a great book! "
- Craig Woolheater, co-founder of the Texas Bigfoot Research Center and Cryptomundo.com
"Your book is really terrific. My kids have read and reread it. It has a spot on the end table. Personally, I especially like the art on pg. 6. Something about it comes closest to what I imagine seeing one day from the edge of the campfire light."
- Dr. Jeffrey Meldrum, author of Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science, Idaho State University professor and Bigfoot Field Researcher
"Anyone interested in Big Foot, Nessie, the Bunyip or a dozen other mysterious creatures would delight to find this under the tree."
- St. Louis Dispatch, Best Books of 2006
"I was ecstatic to find TALES OF THE CRYPTIDS on the new non-fiction shelf in the library children’s room. So ecstatic, in fact, that I kept the book hidden in my office until I had a chance to sit down and read it myself. It is fabulous, fabulous, fabulous (that’s one for each of the book’s three co-creators."
- Loree Griffin Burns, www.loreeburns.com
"...a fun book that respects the possibilities of the unknown and encourages kids to ask questions."
- Rebecca Hogue Wojahn
http://rhwojahn.livejournal.com/
Children's Librarian and VOYA reviewer
"Here is a book that young boys will have a hard time to tear from. This book explores ancient myths that still bind most of our imaginations even till this day..."
- Tony Medeiros, Sandbox World
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