The Vampire Bunny (Bunnicula and Friends) [Hardcover]

James Howe (Author), Jeff Mack (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 6, 2004 | Series: Bunnicula and Friends (Book 1)

One dark and stormy night, the Monroes bring home a new pet: a little black-and-white rabbit. Because the Monroes found him at a Dracula movie, they name the rabbit Bunnicula. Harold the dog thinks Bunnicula is just a cute little bunny. But Chester the cat is worried.

Bunnicula sleeps all day and wakes up at night. And Bunnicula doesn't have little bunny teeth -- he has fangs. Is Bunnicula really just a harmless little bunny? Or is he something much, much more scary?

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About the Author

James Howe is the author of over eighty books for young readers, including the modern classic Bunnicula and its highly popular sequels.  In 2001, Howe published The Misfits, the story of four outcast seventh-graders who try to end name-calling in their school.  The Misfits is now widely read and studied in middle schools throughout the country, and was the inspiration for the national movement known as No Name-Calling Week (www.nonamecallingweek.org ), an event observed by thousands of middle and elementary schools annually.   Totally Joe, a companion novel to The Misfits, was published in 2005, and a second companion novel, Addie on the Inside, is being published in 2011.  Howe’s many other books for children from preschool through teens frequently deal with the acceptance of difference and being true to oneself.

Jeff Mack has illustrated six books in the Bunnicula and Friends series.

He is also the illustrator of several popular picture books, such as Rub-a-Dub Sub, We're Rabbits!, and Starry Safari. Jeff lives in Easthampton, Massachusetts. Visit him on the Web at www.JeffMack.com.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 48 pages
• Publisher: Simon Spotlight (January 6, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689857241
• ISBN-13: 978-0689857249
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,364,278 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow a Version for Younger Kids, October 19, 2005

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This review is from: The Vampire Bunny (Bunnicula and Friends) (Hardcover)

Wow, I was so excited to learn that there is a version of Bunnicula for younger readers! I remember having another version of this book read to me in fourth grade. I am a student-teacher and have been reading this to my first graders. They are loving it and are following along really well. They know it is the dog who is telling the story and most are intrigued by the "vampire bunny." This is a great story and hooks kids quickly.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chester's Bad Plan, March 7, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Vampire Bunny (Bunnicula and Friends) (Hardcover)

This book is a good book. Sometimes Chester gets a bad plan. He gets garlic out of the cupboard and it makes it smelly in the house. I thought it was very funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Harold Rocks, March 7, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Vampire Bunny (Bunnicula and Friends) (Hardcover)

If you read this book you'll keep on reading the book over and over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!