Monsters You Should Know

(Hardback)

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Take a tour of the world's most unusual monsters in this darkly humorous collection of creatures from throughout folkloric history. Illustrator Emma SanCartier captures the bizarre and hilarious elements of seventeen monsters from around in the world in a light, tongue-in-cheek tone, from the Japanese dream-eater Baku to the Persian carnivorous unicorn Shadhavar to the Eastern-European Shurale, a literal tickle monster. Each creature has its strangest aspect, from eating dreams to flinging flying fish at its victims, detailed with a turn-of-thepage humour and a light tongue-in-cheek tone, to create an engaging, educational, and funny read, perfect for fans of creatures, cryptids, and things that go bump in the night.

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"Now heres a book for your under six year-old sprogs to read and keep them checking under the bed to make sure there are no monsters there. Emma Sancartier brings you some simply painted and minimal texted Monsters You Should Know as a glossary to some 17 world-wide mythological creatures out there that are not quite what they seem. " -- SFcroswnest

Author Bio

Originally from northern Ontario, Emma SanCartier studied illustration at OCAD U in Toronto, and graduated with a Bachelor of Design. Since graduating, she has worked on a diverse range of illustration and design projects including children's books, poster design, product design and illustrations for magazines. Over the past several years she has been developing a line of designer toys and sculptures based off of her illustrated creatures called OddFauna. She sells original artwork, prints and sculptures to collectors all over the world, and has been involved in numerous gallery shows across the country. She currently lives in Seattle.