The Path of Legends

The book by Soviet biologist, writer, and science popularizer for children Igor Akimushkin, "The Path of Legends," tells about unusual animals and plants — mythical and real — about which legends were composed in ancient times. Often, fiction in these legends goes hand in hand with truth. You will learn whether a rooster can lay eggs, why bats have a bad reputation, how the kookaburra laughs, why some mushrooms glow in the dark, which animals were mistaken for basilisks and unicorns, mermaids and dragons… and much more. For middle school age.