A Field Guide to Goblins, Gremlins, and Other Wicked Creatures

By Colin Ashcroft, Martín Bustamante, Jason Juta and 2 more

What do you do if you’re being bothered by gremlins or boggarts? Where do goblins and hobgoblins like to live? What should you do if you’re attacked by a pack of orcs? These wicked fantasy creatures may not be real, but what if they were? This handy field guide gives you everything you need to learn about these wicked creatures of the imagination.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: Dec 21, 2015
• ISBN: 9781515730422

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Table of Contents

A World of Wicked Creatures

Pixies

Nixies

Sirens

Hags

Boggarts

Gremlins

Goblins

Hobgoblins

Orcs

Black Orcs

Troglodytes

Legends Around the World

Test Your Knowledge

Glossary

Read More

Internet Sites

Index

A World of Wicked Creatures

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Do you know of any scary, dark caves near where you live? What about a creepy old house that nobody seems to live in? Have you ever walked by these places and felt freaked out? Maybe you heard some strange noises or thought you saw something moving in the shadows. Don’t worry, it was probably just your imagination—or was it? Perhaps it was a boggart, goblin, or gremlin hiding in the dark! After all, stories about wicked creatures such as these have been around for a very long time.

Could the creatures in these old stories be real? Fortunately, no. Evil creatures like orcs and hags live only in our imaginations. Long ago people often made up stories to explain things they didn’t understand. When things suddenly disappeared or were mysteriously destroyed, it was often blamed on wicked imaginary creatures. Today we know such creatures aren’t real. But they continue to