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Author
Publisher
Amicus
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Questions and answers about the Loch Ness Monster encourage inquiry-based learning for curious early elementary readers. Topics include appearance, sightings, and looking for proof. A Stay Curious! feature models research skills and doubles as a mini media literacy lesson. Includes simple infographics, glossary and index"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Also known as Nessie, this creature of the lake has a history that dates all the way back to the year 565. Since then, there have been photographs and films that allegedly show proof of the monster's existence. But are they fact or fiction? Learn all about the research, expeditions, and tests that provide clues about the Loch Ness Monster and whether or not she is real in this captivating book for young readers!"--
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In 1930, on the coast of Scotland, eight-year-old Kirstie finds a large egg which hatches into an unusual sea creature, and as he grows her family must decide what to do with him.
6) The Loch
Author
Series
Loch novels (Steve Alten) volume 1
Publisher
Tsunami Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
7) Nessie quest
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Ru reluctantly joins her parents in Scotland for the summer, where she and new friends Dax and Hammy Beans search for the Loch Ness Monster.
Author
Series
Strange scout tales volume 2
Publisher
Rodale Kids
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The ragtag scout troop returns in a new adventure--this time, to solve a mystery surrounding the famed Loch Ness Monster. Some scouts spend their weekends weaving baskets, but if you're a Strange Scout you spend them tagging Massachusetts Pukwudgies (harder than it sounds--Pukwudgies like to set things on fire). Troop Danger has come a long way from their Troop Dweeb days, but nothing can prepare them for what's next: The Strange Scouts Annual Loch...
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The narrator is a dedicated monster enthusiast, and the reader must help the narrator to decide whether to persue the Loch Ness monster, known as Nessie, or one of the other lake monsters reported in places like Lake Champlain in upstate New York, and the Congo.
Author
Series
Yeti files volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Yeti Blizz Richards and his gang of cryptids set out to find a friend for Vanessa, the Loch Ness Monster, even though it means traveling back in time to the dangerous age of the Cretaceous looking for plesiosaurs--unfortunately Vanessa proves to be rather timid about meeting other dinosaurs.
Author
Series
Ms. Frogbottom's field trips volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Learning is an adventure in Ms. Frogbottom's class, because she's got a magic map - one that takes her students all over the world to do battle with mythical monsters no one believes are real. All Ms. Frogbottom has to do is take out the map, tap a country and ... off they go to a place somewhere far, far away. When Ms. Frogbottom's crew lands in Scotland, they come nose to nose with the legendary Loch Ness Monster! --
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year old Miranda Cho used to believe in it all, used to love poring over every strange footprint, every stray hair, everything that proved the world was full of wonders. But that was before her mother's obsession with monsters cost Miranda her friends and her perfect school record, before Miranda found the stack of unopened bills and notices of foreclosure in the silverware drawer. Now the fact that her mom's a cryptozoologist doesn't seem...
14) Beastly tales
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Use your reading superpowers to learn all about some of the world's most mysterious monsters. Children will love to find out about people who claim to have seen monsters, and the evidence for their existence."
Author
Series
Bigfoot and Nessie volume 1
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Bigfoot is the only one in his family who does not like having the spotlight on him, and finds a friend in Nessie who is equally desperate to get away from all the cameras.
Author
Series
Bigfoot and Nessie volume 2
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Bigfoot and Nessie return for another adventure, and things are getting particularly eerie as they uncover the secrets of Loch Ness Castle in the latest installment of Chelsea M. Campbell and Laura Knetzger's chapter-book graphic novel series. Bigfoot and Nessie are visiting Nessie's home, the underwater Loch Ness Castle, and Bigfoot couldn't be more excited! The castle is huge, lavish, and it seems like Nessie has everything she could possibly...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Scooby-Doo, Shaggy and the crew travel to Scotland on vacation and find themselves unexpectedly tackling their biggest monstrosity ever: the Loch Ness Monster. Does it really exist? Early evidence suggest that the monster does indeed exist, but when something gigantic appears outside a window of Daphne's ancestral family castle, it's up to Scooby-Doo and the crew to solve one of history's longest-running mysteries.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Present day Scotland. A tale is told to a couple of American tourists by a kindly gentleman in a pub. Angus is a lonely boy who pines for his father, who is serving in the Royal Navy during World War II. Angus, along with his sister and mother, live on an estate that has been billeted by soldiers in the Scottish Highlands, near Loch Ness. The troop's commander has an eye for mom, is suspicious about a mysterious handyman, Lewis, who is also a war...
Author
Publisher
Astra Young Readers, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Loch Ness Uncovered is an extensively researched, myth-busting account of the world's most famous monster hoax-the Loch Ness Monster-and a cautionary tale on the dangers of misinformation"--
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