Magical tales of Mythical Beasts

 

The power of picture books presents cornucopia of beasts from myth and legend,  including Cerberus, Fenrir and the Thunderbird. From the West African fable of Anansi the Spider to Michabo, the magical hare who rebuilt the world and Tanuki, the sweet troublesome raccoon-dog of Japanese folklore, the tales are wonderfully bizarre and often gruesome. Mythopedia is an Encyclopedia of Mythical creature’s tales and myths of legends from around the world.

Illustration’s by duo behind popular flipbook Myth Motch, Good Wives and Warriors, with cultural folklore from around the world which could spark your child’s imagination for their own storytelling and drawing while enlightening them about international cultures.

There is Kumiho from Korea,  as shape shifting nine-tailed fox that feasts on people’s livers and the aun pana, a giant, main eating fish with human arms that haunts the rivers of the Amazon rainforest Rich, evocative art by Becky Bolton and Louise Chappell with fascinating text by Anna Claybourne.

 

Mythopedia (Laurence King  Publishing £16.99)