Bigfoot is Missing! - Hardcover

Foresta, Merry A.; Lewis, J. Patrick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1452118957 ISBN 13: 9781452118956

Publisher: Chronicle Books, 2015

Synopsis

What beast stalks the dim northern forests? What horror tunnels under the sands of the desert? What monster lies in wait beneath murky lake waters? Bigfoot, the Mongolian Death Worm, the Loch Ness Monsterthese and many more creatures lurk within these pages. Are they animals yet undiscovered? Are they figments of imagination? Only eerie whispers and sinister rumors give us hints at the truth. 2011 Childrens Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis and 2013 Childrens Poet Laureate Kenn Nesbitt team up to offer a tour of the creatures of shadowy myth and fearsome legend the enticing, the humorous, and the strangein a book that disguises the poems (and the monsters) in the art.

About this title

Review:

"Mischievous and slightly edgy. will whet readers' appetites to learn more about bunyips, luscas, and Mongolian death worms."-Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Vivid, dynamic, and fun."--School Library Journal

From the Author:

J. Patrick Lewis has published eighty-five childrens picture/poetry books to date with Creative Editions; Knopf; Atheneum; Harcourt; Little, Brown; National Geographic; Chronicle Books; Candlewick; and others. He was recently given the 2010/2011 NCTE Excellence in Childrens Poetry Award and is the most recent-past U.S. Childrens Poet Laureate. Kenn Nesbitt is the author of eight childrens books, six of which are poetry collections, including The Tighty Whitey Spider, My Hippo has the Hiccups, and Revenge of the Lunch Ladies. His website, poetry4kids.com, is the most visited childrens poetry website on the Internet. He is the current U.S. Childrens Poet Laureate. Mira and Eduardo have spent the last decade working as graphic designers on the Harry Potter film franchise. They designed the Marauders Map, the Daily Prophet, and the invitation to the Yule ball, among a myriad of other ephemeral materials for the movies. Visit minalima.com to see what theyre doing now.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1452118957
• ISBN 13: 9781452118956
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: MinaLima