Discover where mythical beasts hide and blood-sucking vampires lie in wait with Lonely Planet Kids’ latest release, Atlas of Monsters and Ghosts. Featuring bold illustrations and easy to read maps, Atlas of Monsters and Ghosts will show the reader how to defeat monsters in every region of the world.
Main character and famous monster hunter Van Helsing will track ancient deep sea creatures and human hybrid beasts. He will show the reader how to drive back angry dragons and hungry zombies and to defeat every manner of ghoul, goblin, spirit and witch.
This book is divided into sections, each one relates to a certain part of the world and includes a map with various creatures marked to locate them. There will be descriptions of these monsters, some are brief and only summarise the most important facts; others are more detailed, explaining the precise locations of sightings, characteristics that make them infamous, and methods of how to beat them. Some of the most important monsters which are significant either for their fame or cruelty, have two pages dedicated to them with more detailed information on where they live and curious legends about their existence.
Lonely Planet Kids creates its books to inspire children to learn about the world around them. It uses imagery and interesting facts combined with quirky humour to engage children. Lonely Planet is was first created in 1973 and is now the world’s leading travel media company. It extended to Lonely Planet Kids in 2001. The writers for Lonely Planet come from around the world and are often travellers themselves.
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