hughesie27 Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 A friend on FB is trying to find a specific book from his childhood so that he can get it for his son. KB is usually decent with this sort of thing so I'll put it to the hive mind. Can anyone help me; I'm trying to find a book i used to love as kid growing up, as I'd love to have it for Toby as he grows. I don't recall many exact details about it, but I remember it as follows; - it was kid friendly, probably aimed around ages 5-12, somewhere in there - it was like a fake handbook/encyclopedia/ creepypasta like book, filled with details of different monsters around the world and drawings of said monsters - don't recall it including real or popular monsters, instead all were made for this book from what I recall - the main one that sticks out to me was near the end of the book, and it was a giant monster that was apparently mistaken for an island. I remember the artwork for this being a huge half oval sticking out of the water. I've tried googling monster books from the 90s for hours with no luck. it could have been from the 80s, but I'm fairly confident in it being around that earlv/mid 90s Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinRummy Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 My brother had one he loved in the early 1980s. I just text him and it was called Encyclopedia of Legendary Creatures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantjambo Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 1 minute ago, GinRummy said: My brother had one he loved in the early 1980s. I just text him and it was called Encyclopedia of Legendary Creatures. I literally just came on to say that this came up on a google search 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinRummy Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, iantjambo said: I literally just came on to say that this came up on a google search 😂 My bro had to look it up as well. Which was surprising because he must’ve looked through it about 100 times when he was 8-9 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughesie27 Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 Will put this to him and see what he says. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughesie27 Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 1 hour ago, GinRummy said: My brother had one he loved in the early 1980s. I just text him and it was called Encyclopedia of Legendary Creatures. 1 hour ago, iantjambo said: I literally just came on to say that this came up on a google search 😂 No luck i am afraid. He said his one was a bit more kid friendly than them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronJambo Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 It's not the book but Ricky Gervais' Flanimals might strike a chord for him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky_26 Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 the Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were: Creatures, Places, and People? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky_26 Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 (edited) the truth about monsters by michael shulan? actually this one looks a closer match https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mythological-creatures-dictionary-Paulita-Sedgwick/dp/B0006CDXTC Edited October 19, 2020 by milky_26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughesie27 Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 Blanks on both of them. From the way he has described jt I think its something much more cartoony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der Kaiser Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Bravo Two Zero? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 3 hours ago, jonesy said: Book full of weird monsters from the 1980s/1990s? Take yer pick from any of the Hibs annuals. Could Paul Kane actually be any uglier? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kila Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Sure he wasn't reading a packet of Monster Munch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spellczech Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 (edited) I used to have a pull-out book of Fungus the Bogeyman where you got to pull the bogeys out etc Was cool. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fungus-Bogeyman-Plop-up-Raymond-Briggs/dp/024110811X/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8 Edited October 19, 2020 by Spellczech Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughesie27 Posted November 3, 2020 Author Share Posted November 3, 2020 He found it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphonseCapone Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 31 minutes ago, hughesie27 said: He found it! Where did he leave it then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 On 20/10/2020 at 00:54, Spellczech said: I used to have a pull-out book of Fungus the Bogeyman where you got to pull the bogeys out etc Was cool. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fungus-Bogeyman-Plop-up-Raymond-Briggs/dp/024110811X/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8 I remember when I was at primary school a boy in my class brought copies of Fungus The Bogeyman in for us all to read before it was released to see what kids thought of it as his dad worked for the publishers and they weren’t sure about it. Plain white covers on them and no mention of the writer. Sadly we didn’t get to keep them as they would probably be quite collectible now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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