Title The griffin and the dinosaur : how Adrienne Mayor discovered a fascinating link between myth and science / Marc Aronson with Adrienne Mayor ; illustrated by Chris Muller.

Publication Info.

Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2014]

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Location	Call No.	Status
Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Children's Department	J 398 ARONSON	Check Shelf
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department	J 398.24 ARONSON	Check Shelf
Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Nonfiction	J 398.24 ARO	Check Shelf
New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department	J398 ARO	Check Shelf
Southington Library - Children	J Myths, Tales & Legends 398.2454 ARO	Check Shelf
Southington Library - Children	J Myths, Tales & Legends 398.2454 ARO	Check Shelf

Description	48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm
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.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (page 46) and index.
Subject	Griffins -- Juvenile literature.
	Mythology, Scythian -- Juvenile literature.
	Animals, Fossil -- Juvenile literature.
	Dinosaurs -- Juvenile literature.
	Mayor, Adrienne, 1946- -- Juvenile literature.
	Griffins.
	Mythology, Scythian.
	Animals, Fossil.
	Dinosaurs.
	Mayor, Adrienne, 1946-
Added Author	Mayor, Adrienne, 1946- author.
	Müller, Chris, illustrator.
	National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Added Title	Griffin & the dinosaur
ISBN	9781426311086
	1426311087
	9781426311093
	1426311095

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