A companion to Dragonology, Monsterology is a study of the many supposedly mythical beasts that inhabit our world. My only regret is that because of how many species there are and how short the book is, it couldn't go into greater detail about the races. Monsterology The Complete Book of Monstrous Beasts" by Ernest Drake is, a fictional children's book about about fictional monsters including unicorns, griffins, the kraken, etc. In 1985, her final year at Brighton, Helen was awarded the first Walker Prize for Children's Illustration.

I will (most likely) not be rating all of the "ology" books I will be reading, because that would end up being a lot of ratings lol (especially since I also checked some out from the library). A fabulous tome for those who love legendary beasts that still wander among us, this lush and luxurious look at an astounding array of creatures offers everything a true believer would want to know. Medusa’s perpetual bad hair days, not to mention the hairiness of the Sasquatch and the female werewolf, are exploited with glee, and a recurring editorial comment is “Gross! It has plenty of beautiful watercolor and ink illustrations and specimens for the reader to touch are attached on nearly every page.

Helen Ward trained as an illustrator at Brighton School of Art, under the direction of well-known children's illustrators such as Raymond Briggs, Justin Todd, Chris McEwan and John Vernon Lord.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. You'll find all your favourite creatures here, from the mermaid and the griffin to the yeti, Big Foot and, of course, Nessie. The creatures and the information are a bit scattered throughout the book due to its scrapbook design, but that helps to make the book seem more "real".The book is a faux textbook for budding monsterologists and explains how to seek monsters in the wild and care for orphaned baby monsters (i. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. The only downside is that it has very few examples from the Americas or Africa, relying instead on European and Asian creatures. Whereas Pirateology looks wonderfully piratey whatever page you open it at, and Egyptology looks all things Egyptian and archaeological, Monsterology is neither one thing nor the other; and certainly not Edwardian.