Title: Mythopedia – An Encyclopedia of Mythical Beasts and Their Magical Tales
Author: Good Wives and Warriors
Rating: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
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Thank you so much Laurence King Publishing for granting me access to this book via Netgalley! It’s one of the best things I’ve read, ever!!! I knew as soon as I saw that cover and read the blurb that I had to read this one, and I definitely wasn’t disappointed!
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I can go on and on about the things that are amazing about this book, but the list would be endless. It’s categorized as children’s nonfiction, but I feel that everyone of all ages can benefit a lot from reading this one. It features myths and legends from so many cultures from all over the world, and I learnt so many new things. I’ve been a lover of mythologies for as long as I can remember, and reading this made me realize how much of mainstream mythology is dominated by European (especially Greek) mythology.
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The book featured such amazing, colorful, vibrant, and detailed illustrations. The pages were bursting with so much life and it was so easy to get lost in the book. With each short entry, there were amazing illustrations right on the same page so you could get a good pictorial rendering of that creature or story.
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I loved that the book also had a general introduction to what myths and legends are, which is perfect for young readers or anyone who might be getting their first introduction to myths and legends through this book. Most entries of different creatures also had some short stories connected to them. Apart from talking about different myths, the entries also mentioned the culture/people who believe in the myth, or where the myth originated from.
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I loved learning about new cultures, people, and myths through this book.
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Blurb
From the West African fable of Anansi the Spider, to Michabo, the magical hare who rebuilt the world and Tanuki, the sweet but troublesome raccoon-dog of Japanese folklore, Mythopedia is an encyclopedia of mythical creatures that covers legends, tales and myths from around the world.
Lovingly created by the illustration duo behind popular flipbook Myth Match, Good Wives and Warriors, this book contains pages upon pages of cultural folklore from around the world.
Let these weird and wonderful creatures spark your child’s imagination for their own storytelling and drawing while teaching them about international cultures.
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