Wizardology: The Book of the Secrets of Merlin (Ology Series)

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Shoe Phone: The section in Spyology detailing the various gadgets a spy should carry list common household items as a cover for them. Feathered Dragons: While most of the dragons in Dragonology are either wingless or have traditional membranous wings, the Indonesian subspecies of the eastern dragon are distinguished from the rest by the birdlike wings sprouting from their backs. Magic Staff: Featured in Wizardology as a tool wizards use, although not much is said about them save for that they differ from wands in being more general as to their magical uses. If you're reading this book for any other purpose, it's kind of boring and not all that entertaining. Knuckers are serpentine dragons with vestigial wings who inhabit wells and deep pools, are highly poisonous, cannot speak, and resemble dragons from medieval European folklore more than any other variety in the books.

I felt like it was respectful to other spiritualities and I liked that there was a strong focus on ethics, including the Rule of Three and giving warnings about being greedy and etc. I thought this book was so creative and it really let the reader play into the role of being a magician's apprentice.Both yetis and sasquatches appear in Monsterology, where it states it is unknown if they are bears or apes and are named Ursus saxum and Ursus sasquatchium, more leaning towards bears. Black Spot: In Pirateology a marooned pirate that Captain Lubber rescues in his hunt for Drummond received one of these foretelling his punishment. Publication date 2007 Topics Wizards -- Juvenile literature, Magic -- Juvenile literature, Merlin (Legendary character) -- Juvenile literature Publisher Cambridge, Mass. For any apprentice determined to learn the arcane arts of wizardry, could there be a better teacher than…Merlin himself? Helen Ward trained as an illustrator at Brighton School of Art, under the direction of well-known children's illustrators such as Raymond Briggs, Justin Todd, Chris McEwan and John Vernon Lord.

Originallydiscovered in 1588, this remarkable text by history's most respected wizard is revealed to theworld for the very first time. They also feed primarily upon other dragons' young, but are quite happy to eat humans when baby dragons aren't around. Our Wyverns Are Different: Wyverns appear as a dragon species in Dragonology, where in something of a break from tradition they're the single largest species of dragon in the world and mainly live in Africa, where they hunt elephants and rhinoceri in much the same manner as eagles hunting marmots.In October 2007, Codemasters announced a licensing agreement to create video games for the Wii and Nintendo DS based on Wizardology, as well as Dragonology and Pirateology.

One of his criticisms of alchemy is even that lead and gold are base elements and cannot be broken down or transmuted in anything less than a molecular level, something any chemistry scientist would know.The centuries have passed and times have changed and yet all around us in this quiet corner of England there is a strange feeling that we are not alone and that the shades of persons passed on and over into the world of spirit are very close. Her skills, and those of the rest of the creative team, were recognized this year when Egyptology was awarded the 2005 British Book Award for Design and Production.

Steampunk: Some of the books go into it, but Illusionology (set in 1915) takes the cake, having lots of gear imagery and motifs on it, as well as discussing early electric technology and automatons. Conversely, they can't breathe air for long and Ernest Drake muses that an "overwater suit" could be designed to allow them to travel on land.Their heads have distinct personalities and it takes some time for them to learn how to get along, and inter-head fighting is a major source of infant mortality for chimera chicks. Ungrouped" dragons include the colossal African wyverns; the two-limbed, steppe-dwelling linnorms of north-central Eurasia; and Australian dragons, marsupials strongly reminiscent of kangaroos.