Abstract

From super scary monsters like werewolves, Frankensteins, and zombies to beautiful monsters like phoenixes, this book features 130 monsters from around the world, all illustrated with realistic touches! It also contains lots of interesting information about monsters from around the world, such as "How to make Frankenstein." 240 pages, full color, and fully furigana-based.

Author’s Information

Nagata Mikako was born in Mie Prefecture and lives in Tokyo. She is an author and children's writer who loves monsters and ghost stories. After seeing something resembling a kappa in a forest park in her hometown, she became fascinated with monsters and began studying folklore. In 2000, she won the Fukushima Masami Memorial Science Fiction Children's Story Award for "Space Da Komichère" (Iwasaki Shoten). Her books include "Encyclopedia of Japanese Monsters and Urban Legends" and "Encyclopedia of Monsters, Mysterious Creatures, and Mysterious Incidents from Around the World" (both published by Oizumi Shoten), and she has also supervised and written "Mysterious and Fun! Illustrated Encyclopedia of Monsters and Mysterious Creatures" (Ikeda Shoten) and "Illustrated Encyclopedia of Japanese Monsters" (Shinsei Publishing).