The Beasts Beneath the Winds: Tales of Southeast Asia's Mythical Creatures by Alkaf, Hanna

The Beasts Beneath the Winds: Tales of Southeast Asia's Mythical Creatures

A sweeping and magical story collection showcasing the mythical creatures of Southeast Asia, including work by two-time...
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Author: Hanna Alkaf
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The Beasts Beneath the Winds: Tales of Southeast Asia's Mythical Creatures by Alkaf, Hanna

The Beasts Beneath the Winds: Tales of Southeast Asia's Mythical Creatures

$29.13

The Beasts Beneath the Winds: Tales of Southeast Asia's Mythical Creatures

$29.13
Author: Hanna Alkaf
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

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).

Author: Hanna Alkaf
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: 10/21/2025
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.60w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781419770098
Audience: Ages 9-12


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/21/2025
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2025
Booklist 10/01/2025
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2025
School Library Journal 09/26/2025 pg. 1

About the Author
Hanna Alkaf is a critically acclaimed author of books for kids and teens. She writes unapologetically Malaysian YA and MG novels, including The Weight of Our Sky, The Girl & The Ghost, Queen of the Tiles, and a short story in Once Upon an Eid. Alkaf graduated with a degree in journalism from Northwestern University, and is a Freeman Award winner and a Kirkus Prize finalist. She lives in Kuala Lumpur with her family.

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