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The search for Sasquatch / by Laura Krantz ; [illustrations and book design by Rafael Nobre].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Krantz, Laura. Wild thing book ; Publisher: New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: 152 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781419758188
  • 1419758187
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Grover -- We are family -- The evidence -- Blueprints, not footprints -- Eyewitness -- Goin' squatchin' -- Science of fiction? -- Why we want to believe -- Bigfoot expedition packing list -- Bigfoot's cousins around the world.
Summary: "Inspired by her popular Wild Thing podcast, journalist Laura Krantz incorporates the scientific method and her journalistic skills to determine if Bigfoot is real. When journalist Laura Krantz discovered that her long-lost cousin, Grover Krantz, a distinguished anthropologist and professor at Washington State University, had devoted much of his career to the search for Bigfoot, she couldn't quite believe it. A natural skeptic and a strong believer in facts, Krantz decided to conduct her own quest for the most famous and elusive mythical creature. The Search for Sasquatch takes readers through the big guy's fun, fascinating, and complex world, posing the question : Could Bigfoot be out there? Exploring the gray area between myth and science, Krantz takes readers on a strange, surreal, and surprising hunt for the fabled Sasquatch-showing us how to challenge our gut assumptions and open our minds to new possibilities, to think critically, and to use the scientific method along the way. The Search for Sasquatch asks readers to evaluate the evidence it presents and make up their own minds, all while considering why Bigfoot might be important-even if we don't find him"-- Provided by publisher.
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Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 001.944 K89 Available 33111011035744
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 001.944 K89 Available 33111010941330
Children's Book Children's Book Northport Library Children's NonFiction 001.944 K89 Available 33111009461761
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Inspired by her popular Wild Thing podcast, journalist Laura Krantz incorporates the scientific method and her journalistic skills to determine if Bigfoot is real.



When journalist Laura Krantz discovered that her long-lost cousin, Grover Krantz, a distinguished anthropologist and professor at Washington State University, had devoted much of his career to the search for Bigfoot, she couldn't quite believe it. A natural skeptic and a strong believer in facts, Krantz decided to conduct her own quest for the most famous and elusive mythical creature.



The Search for Sasquatch takes readers through the big guy's fun, fascinating, and complex world, posing the question: Could Bigfoot be out there? Exploring the gray area between myth and science, Krantz takes readers on a strange, surreal, and surprising hunt for the fabled Sasquatch--showing us how to challenge our gut assumptions and open our minds to new possibilities, to think critically, and to use the scientific method along the way. The Search for Sasquatch asks readers to evaluate the evidence it presents and make up their own minds, all while considering why Bigfoot might be important--even if we don't find him.

Includes Color Illustrations



Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-146) and index.

Grover -- We are family -- The evidence -- Blueprints, not footprints -- Eyewitness -- Goin' squatchin' -- Science of fiction? -- Why we want to believe -- Bigfoot expedition packing list -- Bigfoot's cousins around the world.

"Inspired by her popular Wild Thing podcast, journalist Laura Krantz incorporates the scientific method and her journalistic skills to determine if Bigfoot is real. When journalist Laura Krantz discovered that her long-lost cousin, Grover Krantz, a distinguished anthropologist and professor at Washington State University, had devoted much of his career to the search for Bigfoot, she couldn't quite believe it. A natural skeptic and a strong believer in facts, Krantz decided to conduct her own quest for the most famous and elusive mythical creature. The Search for Sasquatch takes readers through the big guy's fun, fascinating, and complex world, posing the question : Could Bigfoot be out there? Exploring the gray area between myth and science, Krantz takes readers on a strange, surreal, and surprising hunt for the fabled Sasquatch-showing us how to challenge our gut assumptions and open our minds to new possibilities, to think critically, and to use the scientific method along the way. The Search for Sasquatch asks readers to evaluate the evidence it presents and make up their own minds, all while considering why Bigfoot might be important-even if we don't find him"-- Provided by publisher.

Ages 8 to 12 Abrams Books for Young Readers.

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