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I [i]thought[/i] it was called 'Leonardo Da Vinci's Fantastic Animals', but that's not coming up with anything. It doesn't help that I can only vaguely remember some parts of it.
Each page had a different creature on it with a bit of a story/info about that creature. Ones I remember are:
Chameleon - except this kind could fly higher than any other living thing.
Some kind of buffalo/wildebeest - its front legs didn't bend so it had to straddle water like a giraffe to drink, and its defence mechanism was acid/fire poop that scorched the ground as it ran away.
Asp - like a very big snake but with giant bat ears.
A white, glowing heron-type bird.
I think there was one thing that roamed the streets at night looking for people who were still awake, and cut holes in the stomachs of those it found. I maybe remember this thing pulling a cart behind it.
Is it ringing any bells? I know it terrified me as a child, and I want to share that fear with my son.
can't help, but my dad had an old copy of Struwellpeter (shock headed Peter) and it has always disturbed me - its not the exaggerated Gothic horror storybook with light relief for me - its the stuff of deep seated nightmares. I can look at it now, but I find it beyond macabre - really unsettling. One of those things.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struwwelpeter
Saw the title and was gonna suggest Booky mcBookBook 🙁
lolI know it terrified me as a child, and I want to share that fear with my son.
Sounds good. Got to be worth a punt at £2.81 from Amazon.
The one that disturbed me as a child was 'The Peacock Party'.
Beautiful, but oddly dark images.
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That one?
Yeah, that one. I have no idea how I couldn't find it given it's called what I thought it was. Cheers!
Biglee1 should win a prize for making me chuckle.
Thanks 😀 😀