Bigfoot Caught on Film and Other Monster Sightings! by Michael Teitelbaum

 

This slim volume, part of the 24/7 Science Behind the Scenes series, is a vibrantly accessible and visually appealing foray into the field of cryptozoology.  This book reads like an episode of MonsterQuest, presenting a wealth of data on Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, and sea monsters and allowing the reader to draw their own conclusions.  In just sixty-four pages of text, the author manages to include all of the major features of nonfiction, including a table of contents, headings and subheadings, bold faced words, sidebars, photographs with captions, maps, charts, an index, a resource list, and a glossary.  The main text is clearly organized and contains many quotes and photographs from primary source documents.  There is even an interview with a primatologist who also studies Bigfoot as a hobby.  Unfortunately, some of the supplementary pages are a bit overwhelming to look at and confusing to navigate, though I’m sure the images alone will be enough to convince an interested reader to give it a go!  Bigfoot Caught on Film would be a great text to use in an introduction to inquiry, as a starting point for more thorough research. -- Regan Schwartz