Creepy-Crawly Birthday (Bunnicula and Friends) [Paperback]

James Howe (Author), Jeff Mack (Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: Bunnicula and Friends

A creepy-crawly surprise!

Harold the dog, Chester the cat, and Howie the dachshund puppy are excited for Toby's birthday. Because birthdays mean parties, and parties mean presents. And best of all -- cake.

But when the pets find seven suitcases in the room with all of the gifts, they start to worry. What could be inside? Why are there holes in them? And are they...moving?

This is one birthday present that Bunnicula fans will be eager to open!

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Headed by Chester the cat and Harold the dog, the Bunnicula gang returns in fine form in one of Howe's characteristically antic adventures. This time, Toby's birthday has arrived and the household pets are relegated to the cellar, to keep them away from a mysterious "special" present that consists of seven suitcases with a creature inside each. Demonstrating his powers of deduction (as celebrated as they are convoluted), Chester determines that Toby's parents have procured seven new pets and that Chester and company have, alas, become obsolete. While Bunnicula maintains his usual silence, Chester inveigles Harold and Howie the dachshund puppy into a hare-brained plot to convince Toby's family that they are pets without peer--and they succeed, although perhaps not as Chester intended. Throughout, Howe's lighthearted narrative balances humor with suspense, while the unusual clarity of Morrill's illustrations neatly contains the animals' chaotic capers. One can only wish for many happy returns. Ages 5-up .
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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"An entertaining, reassuring tale." -- Booklist --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Simon Spotlight; Reprint edition (August 5, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689857535
• ISBN-13: 978-0689857539
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 4.9 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #407,467 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #27 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Authors & Illustrators, A-Z > ( H ) > Howe, James

More About the Author

James Howe has written more than eighty books in the thirty-plus years he's been writing for young readers. It sometimes confuses people that the author of the humorous Bunnicula series also wrote the dark young adult novel, The Watcher, or such beginning reader series as Pinky and Rex and the E.B. White Read Aloud Award-winning Houndsley and Catina and its sequels. But from the beginning of his career (which came about somewhat by accident after asking himself what kind of vampire a rabbit might make), he has been most interested in letting his imagination take him in whatever direction it cared to. So far, his imagination has led him to picture books, such as I Wish I Were a Butterfly and Brontorina (about a dinosaur who dreams of being a ballerina), mysteries, poetry (in the upcoming Addie on the Inside), and fiction that deals with issues that matter deeply to him. He is especially proud of The Misfits, which inspired national No Name-Calling Week (www.nonamecallingweek.org) and its sequel Totally Joe. He does not know where his imagination will take him in the next thirty-plus years, but he is looking forward to finding out.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars bunnicula, October 27, 2008

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M. Kamm "Grandmother to six" (Shreveport, LA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creepy-Crawly Birthday (Bunnicula and Friends) (Paperback)

I bought these chapter books for my grandaughters. They simply love them. I hit a homerun with these.

5.0 out of 5 stars Surprise, June 6, 2009

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S. J Parker (Edmond, Ok) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Harold & Chester in Creepy-Crawly Birthday (Bunnicula and Friends) (Hardcover)

It's Toby's birthday, and there's a cake on the table, a party in the living room and seven suitcases in Mr. Monroe's study. Suitcases with eyes. Suitcases that move. Are these mysterious suitcases presents for Toby? Or are they something else?

Harold the dog, Chester the cat, and Howie the dachshund puppy set out to investigate. But before they're through, they've turned Toby's party into a creepy- crawly birthday surprise - for everyone.

This bouncy birthday book features Bunnicula, the world-famous vmpire rabbit, and his three buddies in their latest picture book adventure.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Howe's the Best!, June 25, 2000

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Anita - See all my reviews

This review is from: Creepy-Crawly Birthday (Bunnicula and Friends) (Paperback)

James Howe did it again. I'm a teacher and my students love all of the James Howe "Bunnicula" books! Perfect to read aloud. The children were happy to see their favorite characters involved in another adventure.