A Field Guide To Fantastical Beasts

Author: Olento Salaperainen

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Price : $19.98 AUD
ISBN : 9781845436643
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Imprint : Allen & Unwin
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Publication date : 30 September 2016
Dimensions : 208mm X 155mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
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Availability date : 01 October 2016
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Author : Olento Salaperainen
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Description

A Field Guide to Fantastical Beasts offers a beautiful introduction to a whole host of mythical creatures brought to life with wonderful illustrations. Come face-to-face with fairies, gremlins and gnomes, take flight with dragons, or swim with creatures of the deep. Learn the habits, habitat and history of this menagerie of 50 mythical creatures and explore their origins in literature, folklore and ancient history.

Author description

Olento Salaperainen is an expert on mythological and legendary beasts, and leads a solitary existence on the Shetland Islands in the North Sea.

Acknowledgement of country

The Bundjalung of Byron Bay Arakwal People have lived in the coastal landscape around Byron Bay for at least 22,000 years.We acknowledge and show respect for the original people on the land on which we are based. We respectfully acknowledge the ancient cultural presence in the Australian landscape by First Nation peoples and their ongoing traditional and spiritual custodianship of the marine areas, beaches, bush, rivers, lakes and mountains.