Books with title Monsters in Legends and in Real Life

This is a Level 1 Reader book: 2-4 simple sentences per page, kindergarten - 1st grade vocabulary, large type, lots of colorful pictures on every page. Old legends tell us about the griffin, sphynx, basilisk, kraken and other monsters. Are these half-lions and half-eagles, half-roosters and half-dragons scary... or funny? How did people of old times imagine a seahorse, or a sea lion? Are there real monsters? We'll meet a few real-life monsters, from the giant squid, huge saltwater crocodiles, and ever-hungry barracuda to some of the most venomous creatures on Earth that happen to be small - lionfish, sea snake, and cone snail. Not every monster is huge! I would rather run into a giant squid than a cone snail!

From Walt Disney's Fun-To-Learn Library, it's volume six, REAL-LIFE MONSTERS. Mickey, Goofy, and Pluto tell the reader that the "monsters" seen in movies do not exist, but the name monster and dragon have been given to real-life monsters that seem scary. Mickey and Goofy discuss these real-life monsters and show pictures of them. They visit a museum to learn about dinosaurs. Though all of the large, dangerous dinosaurs are now extinct, such animals were sure scary, with their dagger-like teeth ad claws. Lizards and turtles of today are descendants of these dinosaurs. Some lizards are very small, but some are big and frightening, like the Komodo dragon. Mickey and Goofy go on to discuss other animals of today which descended from dinosaurs. This idea, alone, is enough to be scary to some children, as might be the picture of one dinosaur eating another. Most of the pictures, however, are typical of those seen in a Disney book, however, and are not scary at all.

It's easy to say that Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster don't exist. But the question remains why sightings of these creatures still occur, year after year. This gripping volume, which includes chilling photographs and illustrations, takes curious readers into the mysterious world of some popular monsters. They'll learn what makes a monster a monster and distinguish between real-life and fantasy-world creatures. Thrilling facts and fiction about mummies, vampires, werewolves, and other supernatural beings fill this absorbing text, as well as valuable information about prehistoric and modern "monster" animals.

Describes the discovery of three animals once thought to be imaginary (the gorilla, Komodo dragon, and giant squid) and discusses the research being conducted to prove or disprove the existence of the Loch Ness Monster, Big Foot, and the Abominable Snowman.A half-dozen creatures of fact and fancy are studied, including the Loch Ness Monster, the Abominable Snowman, and Bigfoot, to determine whether they are hoaxes, superstitions, or real-life monsters