Mythical Beasts (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 3): 100 FUN Facts About Real Animals and the Myths They Inspire

This is a great book for a classroom library!

This was a great read for my 8 year old. Highly engaging and very interesting

This book really hot kids attention on a unique topic…great for summer reading!

Such a fun book to read with kids!

This is a great nonfiction book for kids

The swift bird can stay airborne for about 10 months. The basilisk was an enormous mythical snake, but Titanoboa lived sixty million years ago and was as long as a city. Ancient Greeks believed in Sirens which were half woman half bird. In ancient Egypt cats were considered magical.Sightings of mermaids have been reported for centuries but were manatees. Dolphins in the Amazon River were considered to be shapeshifters. The mimic octopus can change its shape to look like sea snakes, lionfish, and flatfish.This handy guide can explain away creatures with mythical powers, legends, and mistaken identities. Amazing photos of animals and illustrations of mythical creatures will pique the curiosity of young readers. This Level 3 Fact Reader is perfect for the fluent reader. The one hundred fun facts and resources in the back will be sure to get a reader’s attention.

If you’re looking for good options for your emerging reader, look no further than National Geographic Kids. They employ the same care and research to their readers series that they do to their more complex books. Exciting illustrations and photographs are used throughout. And at $4.99 a piece, they’re a great price.Mythical Beasts is a Level 3 Fact Reader that is geared toward kids who are reading on their own. Varied sentence structures and more challenging vocabulary make these great stepping stones to chapter books. The publisher’s suggested age is 7-9, but children as young as 5 will enjoy them.Though my 8-year-old has moved past readers to novels, she was immediately drawn to Mythical Beasts (with a cover like that who wouldn't be?). They’re great options for kids who are interested in a wide variety of topics.

The book has good illustrations but the stories are not very engaging. Perhaps because of the age group it is targeted to. I would recommend this group for kids over 8-9 years old.