It features popular cryptid favorites, such as Mothman and the Flatwoods Monster, and some lesser-known cryptids, such as the Enfield Horror and the Montauk Monster. Delightfully and creepily Lovecraftian, The Ballad of Black Tom follows Thomas Tester, a musician doing his best to get by in 1920s Harlem. When Alexander Cold’s parents must leave home for his mother’s cancer treatment, he is sent to New York to stay with his eccentric grandmother Kate. Besides books, she is an enthusiastic devourer of many things, including podcasts, television, and J-pop.

With easy text and thrilling pictures, these books will have young readers digging deeper for answers! I like the idea that the universe is able to hold itself together ninety-nine percent of the time, but every once in a while it just has to let its freak flag fly.The mystic and legendary British explorer Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett disappeared in the unknown and unexplored territory of Brazil's Mato Grosso in 1925.

Footprints in the snow and in mud were found to indicate some such cryptids were active in out of the way places in Nepal, Tibet, and the surrounding region. At the same time, the definition generally seems to exclude various mythological creatures and spiritual or supernatural beings (so, for instance, no pegasuses or unicorns or any of the yōkai from the Japanese folktales I grew up hearing). Everything eventually comes to a head in December 1967, when tragedy strikes Point Pleasant, and Keel can’t help but wonder if it's all connected to the mysterious winged creature. Here’s a book series also for young readers, but this time presented as deeper dives into one creature at a time. Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections - they may also appear in recommendations and other places.He unveils the conspiracies and cover-ups that have allowed places like the US, Britain, and Russia to study these creatures completely undetected. This page-turning guide will inspire curious readers to investigate more on their own, and maybe even help to prove if a cryptid is a hoax or is real.

This slim novella is anywhere but slim on story: set in South Carolina, a young boy’s idyllic childhood is disrupted by monsters, both literal and figurative, when his mom’s estranged, enigmatic father reappears. I managed to avoid any reviews that betrayed the plot of this one, and was rewarded with such a fierce, propulsive, unsettling read that I’m not about to spoil it for you. In Lake Monster Mysteries, authors Benjamin Radford and Joe Nickell look at the lake monster phenomenon through a scientific lens. A firm believer in the paranormal, he recounts his globe-trotting expeditions to prove that these creatures are real.

The Jersey Devil is generally believed to be a sort of horse-dragon crossover, although accounts vary. It’s easy to find books about “sexy” supernatural creatures like vampires and witches, but it seems that authors are too good to look down from their ivory towers and into their local woods, where the Flatwoods monster is probably rolling around in its big metal suit, hissing at children and emitting a noxious gas. I love horror and sci-fi, and I especially love stories that really dig into characters and how they smash into each other. Essential reading for anyone with an interest in unexplained mysteries, folklore, mythology, and the supernatural. When I smiled, he presently added, ‘Don’t be too sure they don’t exist - we hear a great many stories from the Indians here!

In the wilted garden are three little dogs that look like corgis, but they whistle like tea kettles, walk backwards, and blow steam out of their mouths. This title focuses on cryptids like Bigfoot, Yeti and the Loch Ness Monster while giving information related to their origins, theories and place in popular culture. This fun, illustrated guide is aimed at the middle grade crowd, and presents information on 50 cryptids for readers to speculate on. In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond recounts what he found there, from members of First Nations tribes who recount ancient legends to dedicated scientists.impervious to the numerous perils of the region, which included rough terrain, malaria, dangerous animals, poisonous snakes, vampire bats and unfriendly native populations.