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Title: no pictures
Review: The cover makes this "Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures" look like tons of fun, but there are no pictures inside! Just text.The authors might point out that "It's not for kids; it's for serious students of cryptozoology." Serious students?Brother. Everybody knows these books are pretty much entirely for kids (or at least pre-teens). But even adults like pictures. If you're a "serious student," however, this is still a waste of time: if it's just text you're after, Wikipedia can do what this book times ten -- frequently with pictures.On the other hand, if text alone is okay with you, I would suggest you check outThe Cryptopedia: A Dictionary of the Weird, Strange, and Downright Bizarre, which is much weirder yet far more readable.
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