Reviewed by Eloise Farmer This inexpensive, 48–page, hardcover
book is devoted to a single topic, the giant squid, though
pictures and descriptions of similar organisms are covered as
well. The book begins with historical accounts and early clues
that a creature existed with huge tentacles that left huge
sucker marks on sperm whales' skin. Beaks of giant squid were
found in stomachs of these giant whales.These beaks and sucker
marks resembled those of smaller squid. Giant squid bodies were
sometimes hauled up in fishermen’s nets, and a photograph was
made in Newfoundland as far back as 1873. People followed the
evidence that such a creature existed, but it was often included
in stories with Bigfoot and the Loch Ness monster. The
adventures of science researcher Clyde Roper and his colleagues
are featured throughout the book as they searched for more
information about the rarely seen, mysterious creature described
over centuries of sightings. A description of Roper’s close
encounter with a Humboldt squid is ac