Monsters in Legends and in Real Life - Level 1 reading for kids - 1st grade

<p>This is a Level 1 Reader book: 2-4 simple sentences per page kindergarten - 1st grade vocabulary large type lots of colorful pictures on every page.</p><p><br></p><p>Old legends tell us about the griffin sphynx basilisk kraken and other monsters. Are these half-lions and half-eagles half-roosters and half-dragons scary... or funny? How did people of old times imagine a seahorse or a sea lion?</p><p><br></p><p>Are there real monsters?</p><p><br></p><p>We'll meet a few real-life monsters from the giant squid huge saltwater crocodiles and ever-hungry barracuda to some of the most venomous creatures on Earth that happen to be small - lionfish sea snake and cone snail.</p><p><br></p><p>Not every monster is huge! I would rather run into a giant squid than a cone snail!</p>