Bewildering Beasties (Dover Pictorial Archive Series) (Paperback)

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Product Description

Irresistible collection of outrageous visual puns imaginatively embroiders upon the physical features of familiar animals to produce a mutated menagerie of impossible creatures. Includes the eargull, with the head of the national bird and a body comprised of a huge human ear; a beebra (a zebra with bee’s wings) and 58 other rib-tickling whatchamacallits.

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (May 21, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 048629126X
• ISBN-13: 978-0486291260
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,200,749 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars My reveiw, June 18, 2000

By A Customer

Good book especialy if you need to find stuff on Mithical animals lots of them in there for you I fond it very helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Bewildering certainly sums it up., November 7, 2009

By	M. Levacy "Maimedophelia" (Jonesboro, AR USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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There is an antiquated viewpoint to all of these amalgams but that's because of the date they were created. Some combination's like the "Shutterbutt" (half sheep/half camera) would be confusing to modern viewers unless they're a camera buff like I am but the images are all interesting and funny. Pre-photoshop images are actually pretty good.

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun little book!, October 21, 2009

By	Kelly McMenamin (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I received this book as a gift years ago, and it's something I dig out of my bookcase about once a year to giggle at.

What makes this book is the style of art - I am not sure what it's called but I think it's like old fashioned "newspaper drawing" style from before they had photography in the newspapers.

This is especially recommended for kids who enjoy/notice art and have a sense of humor. This book may have gotten me started on drawing morphed animals, and when I draw that kind of stuff for kids, they love it.

Highly recommended!