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K-3
Yeti-besotted young Henry goes on an expedition to prove to the naysayers in his life that the abominable one is real; unfortunately, he returns without his camera, which contains evidence of his new friend's existence. Readers will cheer Henry, whose proportions are wittily exploited in the minimalist-style art: he's not much bigger than the camera, which, luckily, the skyscraper-tall yeti returns.
122 pp.
| Abrams/Amulet
| September, 2018
|
TradeISBN 978-1-4197-3122-8$12.99
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1-3
Big Foot and Little Foot series.
Illustrated by
Felicita Sala.
Young Sasquatch Hugo, who lives in a cavern in the North Woods, accidentally meets a nine-year-old human named Boone. The two strike a fast friendship and together enjoy looking for "mysterious creatures"--when not attending school or working to overcome their cultural differences. Lively adventures for young cryptozoologists, with short chapters and copious drawings that make for nonintimidating page layouts. Review covers these Big Foot and Little Foot titles: Big Foot and Little Foot and The Monster Detector.
137 pp.
| Abrams/Amulet
| April, 2018
|
TradeISBN 978-1-4197-2859-4$12.99
(3)
1-3
Big Foot and Little Foot series.
Illustrated by
Felicita Sala.
Young Sasquatch Hugo, who lives in a cavern in the North Woods, accidentally meets a nine-year-old human named Boone. The two strike a fast friendship and together enjoy looking for "mysterious creatures"--when not attending school or working to overcome their cultural differences. Lively adventures for young cryptozoologists, with short chapters and copious drawings that make for nonintimidating page layouts. Review covers these Big Foot and Little Foot titles: Big Foot and Little Foot and The Monster Detector.
32 pp.
| Whitman
| September, 2017
|
TradeISBN 978-0-8075-1690-4$17.99
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K-3
Illustrated by
Claudia Ranucci.
A little girl finds a yeti under her bed, befriends him, and learns how to take care of him. The rhyming story about how--and how not--to care for an unusual pet is familiar but filled with fart- and burp jokes that will tickle storytime audiences. Ranucci's cartoonish art highlights both the adorable and the disgusting of Yeti's qualities.
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4-6
Creature Keepers Jordan and Abbie, grandchildren of a legendary cryptozoologist, were convinced that their nemesis, Chupacabra, had been destroyed by a massive jet thruster. But he's actually on the hunt for the legendary Yeti; if he finds it, ecological disaster will ensue. As with the series' predecessors, cartoon-style line drawings help kids imagine the various cryptids and add humor to the energetic adventure.
123 pp.
| Scholastic
| May, 2016
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TradeISBN 978-0-545-85781-9$8.99
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EbookISBN 978-0-545-85951-6
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1-3
Yeti Files series.
Blizz the yeti and his cryptid pals are called on by merfolk to help save the underwater city of Atlantis from its mayor, who is over-mining the sea's powerful crystals that keep the city running. Absurdity abounds on every busily illustrated page of the adventure, which includes a subtle message about taking care of the environment.
32 pp.
| Dial
| December, 2016
|
TradeISBN 978-1-101-99431-3$16.99
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PS
In this worthy successor to The Thing About Yetis, readers learn another thing about yetis: "(sometimes) they're afraid of the dark." Hence it's a calamity when a yeti's stuffed yeti (read: security object) goes missing. The book's humor comes from casting the ostensibly fearsome yeti as a creature of suburbia: dainty illustrations show it picnicking, selling lemonade, and so forth.
40 pp.
| Simon
| July, 2015
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TradeISBN 978-1-4814-3089-0$17.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-4814-3090-6
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K-3
A school-bus-driving yeti taking its young charges on a "surprise" journey inspires the titular cry. Any fear that this story will amount to no more than a play on words will be dispelled when the bus arrives at a cave from which the yeti's kin emerge: they show the kids, via Anstee's engagingly breezy tableaux, the ultimate in wintertime merrymaking.
40 pp.
| Farrar
| November, 2015
|
TradeISBN 978-0-374-30045-6$17.99
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K-3
"Dear Yeti, / We're searching for you. / Sincerely, / Hikers." In this sweet, suspenseful tale, two friends search for the elusive yeti, who readers will delight in spotting in close proximity to the unaware hikers. In Kwan's pointillist-precise art, the yeti has a human-like face that reflects its compassion, as when it saves the hikers from a grizzly bear.
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1-3
Yeti Files series.
In their second adventure, yeti Blizz and the cryptids trek to Scotland and then travel back to the time of the dinosaurs to help the Loch Ness Monster "find others like her." The design, featuring cartoony black-and-white illustrations, isn't always easy to follow but may draw in reluctant readers. What the story lacks in depth, it makes up for in goofy, slapstick humor.
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K-3
The forest animals are afraid to approach fierce-looking Yeti--until they watch him rescue and play with a small lost bird. When cold weather forces the bird to leave, lonely Yeti is happy to discover that the forest animals want to be friends. Shireen's mixed-media compositions make good use of the contrast between the mountainous white yeti and the little orange bird.
32 pp.
| Dial
| November, 2015
|
TradeISBN 978-0-8037-4170-6$16.99
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PS
Yetis: they're just like you and me. So suggests this sportive profile of a yeti who loves hot chocolate, gets grouchy when it's cold, and sometimes ("Here's a little secret for you") misses the summer. The comical art shows the yeti cavorting with human children who appreciate its unique spin on play (forget making a snowperson: the yeti becomes one).
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1-3
Blizz the yeti is just one of many cryptids living in hiding. When Blizz's cousin Brian gets caught on camera and disappears, Blizz must travel from Nepal to British Columbia to find him. Sherry's humorous comics-style illustrations propel the tale forward full tilt, while doofy creatures, silly dialogue, and sly visual jokes will keep readers laughing.
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4-6
Creatures of Legend series.
Treating cryptozoology as a real science, this slim volume discusses characteristics of these creatures, investigations into their existence, similar legends around the world, and Bigfoot's continuing popularity. The short, simple sentences; wide leading between lines of text; and photos make this an approachable book on a high-interest topic, but failure to treat the subject with skepticism is disappointing. Reading list. Glos., ind.
264 pp.
| Abrams/Amulet
| October, 2013
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TradeISBN 978-1-4197-0789-6$16.95
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4-6
Illustrated by
Fiona Robinson.
The book opens with young Lady Agatha Farlingham being kidnapped by a grieving widower yeti; she decides to stay and provide the yeti's children with a "civilized English upbringing." Decades later, now-elderly Agatha sends her hirsute charges off to her family estate in England. Completed after Ibbotson's death, this romp employs her trademark whimsical humor. Line illustrations, cozy but surreal, suit the tone.
Reviewer: Monica Edinger
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2013
40 pp.
| Simon/Wiseman
| February, 2013
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TradeISBN 978-1-4424-1257-6$16.99
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K-3
This adaptation of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" replaces the canid with Bigfoot, who narrates the tale ("I didn't normally talk to a Littlefoot. But there was something about this Ben I liked"). Magoon mostly embellishes rather than expands on the story, but his digital illustrations are quite funny (to corroborate his lie, Ben stamps the ground with cutouts of giant footprints).
248 pp.
| Clarion
| October, 2006
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TradeISBN 0-618-65998-6$16.00
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YA
Paris accompanies her sinister uncle on a cross-continental "hunting" trip. She meets Tahr, an orphaned monk, and Geng-sun, a captive Neanderthal (possibly the last living member of the scattered, hidden Neanderthal communities). In this intelligent, haunting adventure, Gross brings alive a nonspecific Asian landscape wracked by Western incursion. The fictional world is dissonantly modern, powerfully tragic, and above all thoroughly imagined.