mythical animals

The earth is slowly dying and Flin finds himself trying to save the world in a different dimension of time among trolls, leprechauns, and towering creatures called the Loft Laggenders.

A field trip to Ireland for Flin and his school's debate team turns into a life-changing adventure when their bus ends up in an earthquake and they get swallowed deep into the Earth, into a new world filled with evil creatures.

When Flin's only option to return home lies behind unlucky doors, he braves one and, sure enough, what he discovers is not only devastating, it is deadly.

Flin fulfills a prophecy when he befriends the leprechauns of Clover Cavern.

"Maggie's newest chore at her friend Bob's stable is taking care of flying pigs--but they're not so easy to deal with! Maggie's used to putting up with a lot though, like her step-mother Zelia, who is trying to get Maggie's step-brother Peter a job at the stable. Peter working with Maggie? Yeah, right! Maybe when pigs fly..."--Provided by publisher.

"Elliot and Uchenna join Professor Fauna on another adventure--a trip to the Basque country where they have to save a herensuge from the billionaire Schmoke Brothers"--.

Ben and his adopted parents are devoting their lives to protecting rare and fabulous creatures (like dragons) and at the moment they are trying to save the last of the winged horses, Pegasus unicus; there are three eggs, but without their mother they will not survive and the only hope is to obtain a Griffin feather--but Griffins are enemies of the dragons, and may not be willing to help.

Beginning with an examination of the fighting methods of the individual orc warrior, the book expands to look at how they do battle in their small war bands and in vast armies.

Despite their short stature, Dwarves are among the fiercest and most feared fighters of all the races. This volume expands its focus to look at how they do battle in small companies and vast armies.

Introduces young readers to the mythical kraken describing what they are, where they live, different types, and more.