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Summary
Blizz Richards and his band of wacky cryptids are back for another illustrated adventure!Everyone thinks the Loch Ness monster is one-of-a-kind. But that just means Nessie's lonely. And only yeti Blizz Richards and his team of cryptozoologists can help her find a friend just like her. With a little help from a time-traveling leprechaun, the gang travels back 65 million years to the age of dinosaurs to begin the search. But they aren't ready for the dangers that wait for them: monstrously mean dinos. Giants with razor-sharp teeth. Terrifyingly cute little kitties. Can Blizz keep his team safe, or will they have to sacrifice everything to help Nessie find a friend?
Author Notes
Kevin Sherry is the author and illustrator of many children's books, most notably The Yeti Files series and I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean , which received starred reviews and won an original artwork award from the Society of Illustrators. He's a man of many interests: a chef, an avid cyclist and screen-printer, and a performer of hilarious puppet shows for kids and adults. Kevin lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
Reviews (3)
Horn Book Review
In their second adventure, yeti Blizz and the cryptids trek to Scotland and then travel back to the time of the dinosaurs to help the Loch Ness Monster "find others like her." The design, featuring cartoony black-and-white illustrations, isn't always easy to follow but may draw in reluctant readers. What the story lacks in depth, it makes up for in goofy, slapstick humor. (c) Copyright 2016. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
Yeti Blizz and his cryptid cronies are back for more adventure. After finding his sasquatch cousin Brian, in Meet the Bigfeet (2014), Blizz and his friends are kicking back and playing games. However, their cryptid buddy VanessaNessieis feeling lonely, and she's thinking about leaving the loch. Blizz knows that might endanger her. Since Jack Saturday the unicorn isn't answering Blizz's calls, Blizz and friends head to Loch Ness on their bikes, and Nessie demonstrates her lonelinessall the denizens of the loch have companions but her. Elf Alex discovers she's a plesiosaur, and the friends decide to seek the help of Tobin Clover, a leprechaun. Tobin takes them back in time with the magic of the rainbow, but the friends are separated in a hasty escape from a T. Rex. Frank the arctic fox makes a dino friend, Nessie and Blizz meet more plesiosaurs, imp Gunthar and Alex run afoul of a triceratops...and Nessie decides she likes the present better. On their return, Tobin has a great surprise for Nessie, and the cryptids receive a call for help from the merfolk! Sherry's second yeti tale imparts a bit of dino info in its labeled black-and-white illustrations, which mix pages with a sentence or two of text with comic-style panels. The frenetic adventure's as much fun as it is nonsensical. Be warned: read the first adventure before tackling this one, as there are no character introductions and no background info on cryptozoological society. Monster and dino lovers alike will enjoy the foolishness. (Graphic/fantasy hybrid. 5-9) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
A cry for companionship from the lonely Loch Ness monster prompts shaggy yeti Blizz Richards and his diverse crew of cryptids to ferry her back 65 million years to meet other plesiosaurs. Unfortunately, prehistoric predators turn out to be huge and really, really scary. Fortunately, an earlier game of image scrimmage played by creating competitive drawings ended with a nemesis that always wins, and even in real life proves capable of reducing a slavering T. rex to a quivering mass of goo. That would be a picture of (wait for it) a cute, saucer-eyed kitten. Better yet, news that Nessie isn't the last plesiosaur after all leads to a happy hook up. Sherry tells the tale with a jumble of cartoon figures, dino labels, and short bursts of exclamatory dialogue. Both the narrative and the visuals are sketchy, so readers who missed the introductory Meet the Bigfeet (2014) may have trouble discerning what Blizz and some of his buddies actually are until they're identified in context. Still, the mix of legendary monsters, real dinosaurs, and snarky asides should draw readers.--Peters, John Copyright 2015 Booklist
