Vampire Baby - Hardcover

Bennett, Kelly

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0763646911 ISBN 13: 9780763646912

Publisher: Candlewick, 2013

Synopsis

When Tootie gets her first teeth, it’s clear to her big brother that she’s no ordinary baby. But how to convince Mom and Dad?

It happens overnight: little sister Tootie goes from cuddly, ga-ga-googoo, I-want-my-ba-ba baby...vampire baby. Now she’s sinking her pointy fangs into everything — furniture, toys, and especially her big brother (“Youch, Tootie! No bite!” ). Mom insists that it’s just a phase, but Tootie’s brother knows better. Just look at her hairline! Or the fact that all her favorite foods are bloodred! With perfect comic timing, Kelly Bennett and Paul Meisel give a fresh slant to the new-baby story, proving that even monstrous little arrivals have a funny way of staking their siblings’ affections.

About this title

About the Author:

Kelly Bennett is the author of many books for children, including Not Norman: A GoldfishStory. Kelly Bennett lives in Houston, Texas.

Paul Meisel is the illustrator of Harriet’s Had Enough! by Elissa Haden Guest, What’s the Matter in Mr. Whiskers’ Room? by Michael Elsohn Ross, Dear Baby by Sarah Sullivan, and many other books, including the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor–winning See Me Run. Paul Meisel lives in Newtown, Connecticut.

From Booklist:

Although his baby sister, Tootie, used to be sweet, cuddly, and toothless, she’s suddenly grown fangs! The unnamed little boy narrator joins his mom and baby sister at the doctor’s office, where the doctor assures them that she’s no vampire—Tootie’s canines have just grown in before her incisors. But Tootie’s brother isn’t convinced, thanks to her excessive, painful biting: his feet, the dog’s toy, their father’s newspaper. So he decides to give away this vampire baby and is delighted when a vampire family—including a boy about his own size—expresses interest. But when the vampire boy scolds Tootie for biting, her brother leaps to her defense and decides that Tootie, vampire or not, is his baby sister to keep. The soft, brightly colored illustrations suggest that no harm is really going to come of the brother’s impatience or Tootie’s biting. Readers who already like vampire stories will get an extra jolt of fun from this picture book. For a more nuanced take on the same theme for this age, see Joann Sfar’s Little Vampire books. Preschool-Grade 2. --Francisca Goldsmith

About this edition

• Publisher: Candlewick
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0763646911
• ISBN 13: 9780763646912
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Meisel Paul