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Pearce, Jackson , Stiefvater, Maggie

Pip Bartlett's Guide to Sea Monsters

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Maggie Stiefvater. Pip and friends visit Port Candor, where Pip's ability to talk to magical animals is put to use with sea-dwellers including Spinnerseals, Slimekrakens, and, helpfully, a misunderstood sea monster. As usual for this appealing middle-grade series (Pip Bartlett's Guide to Magical Creatures and others), there's plenty of clever humor stemming from the creatures' quirks, particularly on the black-and-white-illustrated pages from Pip's favorite book, Jeffrey Higgleston's Guide to Magical Creatures.

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