| Descript |
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm. |
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text rdacontent |
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unmediated rdamedia |
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volume rdacarrier |
| Audience |
1140L Lexile |
| Note |
Accelerated Reader MG 7.4 1 1 167504 |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (page 46) and index. |
| Contents |
Prairie girl -- The sound of heat -- Sketching griffins -- The cyclops and the griffin pup -- Nomads and gold -- The secret of the flaming cliffs -- Battlefield of the gods -- Stories, stories, everywhere. |
| Summary |
Traces the research scientist co-author's explorations in Greece and the Gobi Desert for the origins of the mythical griffin, relating the story of the ancient Scythians and the griffins that were said to have guarded their treasure. |
| Subject |
Mayor, Adrienne, 1946- -- Juvenile literature.
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Mayor, Adrienne, 1946-
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Griffins -- Juvenile literature.
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Mythology, Scythian -- Juvenile literature.
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Animals, Fossil -- Juvenile literature.
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Dinosaurs -- Juvenile literature.
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Griffins.
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Mythology, Scythian.
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Prehistoric animals.
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Dinosaurs.
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| Genre |
Mythology, Scythian.
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| Add Author |
Mayor, Adrienne, 1946- author.
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Müller, Chris, illustrator.
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National Geographic Society (U.S.)
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| Alt Title |
Griffin & the dinosaur |
| ISBN |
9781426311086 |
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9781426311093 |
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