A sweeping and magical story collection showcasing the mythical creatures of Southeast Asia, including work by two-time Newbery medalist Erin Entrada Kelly and National Book Award finalist Shing Yin Khor
A turtle the size of an island. A cricket that can possess you if swallowed. A giant who turns enemies to stone. The legends of Southeast Asia—or “the lands below the winds,” as explorers used to call it—are populated with a whole menagerie of colorful beasts that inspire awe and fear in equal measure.
Yet, passed on as they are through story and song, so many of these stories remain rooted in some long-forgotten past and bound by the borders of the region, creatures of myth and memory and nothing more. Until now.
Welcome to
The Beasts Beneath the Winds
, a collection of Southeast Asia’s most elusive cryptids by a team of bestselling and award-winning authors. Within these gorgeously illustrated pages, readers will find the stories of seventeen regular kids who encounter these mythical creatures in the here and now, and—fortunately or unfortunately—live to tell the tale.
Contributors include
Hanna Alkaf
(
The Weight of Our Sky
,
Queen of the Tiles
),
Nadia Mikail
The Cats We Meet Along The Way
Brandon Hoàng
Gloria Buenrostro Is Not My Girlfriend
Mandy Moe Pwint Tu
Monsoon Daughter
Moniza Hossain
Being Ace
V.T. Bidania
Astrid & Apollo and the Happy New Year
Emma Goddard, Dow Phumiruk
One Girl, Maya Lin
Erin Entrada Kelly
Hello Universe
We Dream of Space,
The First State of Being
Gail D. Villanueva
My Fate According to Butterfly
Sugar and Spite
Greg van Eekhout
The Boy at the End of the World
COG
Jesse Q. Sutanto
Dial A for Aunties
June CL Tan
Jade Fire Gold
Mae Respicio
The House that Lou Built
Any Day With You
Shing Yin Khor
The Legend of Auntie Po
Van Hoang
Girl Giant & The Monkey King
Veeda Bybee
Courage on Ice
Lily and the Great Quake
).