Reviews

The Atlas of Monsters: Mythical Creatures from Around the World by Sandra Lawrence

elisabeth_julia's review against another edition

5.0

I love this! It’s so fascinating to get to know all these mythological creatures from all over the world. Its detailed illustrations and comprehensive descriptions are a real treat.

readingxmachine's review

adventurous tense

2.0

kelleemoye's review against another edition

4.0

This book is really everything that the summary states. It is fascinating! And beautiful! There is some humor because of the voyager’s anecdotes and the librarian’s notes, too, which is always nice. And the addition of the code adds an interactive element to the text. Highly recommended for any teacher teaching mythology or any traditional stories with monsters/creatures.

Full review: http://www.unleashingreaders.com/?p=19126

missisis's review against another edition

adventurous informative slow-paced

1.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death

librarypatronus's review against another edition

4.0

This was a fun addition to our monsters unit study, my kids didn’t like it as much as another atlas we were working on. There were more monsters included, smaller text and not as cutesy imagery. My only real complaint was the same for both books - I wish they’d had phonetic spelling next to monster and place names. The subplot with the secret symbols didn’t really catch my kids the way I think it was probably intended to.

apologiesforeverything's review against another edition

informative lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

3.0