Little Red Ink Drinker (Hardcover)

~ (Author), Martin Matje (Illustrator), Georges Moroz (Translator) "Odilon is my name..." (more)
Key Phrases: ink drinker, Little Red Riding Hood, Uncle Draculink

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Product Description

Odilon and Carmilla love sucking up
the ink in books with their twin straw. Especially the ink in adventure stories! But as they begin one of their favorite tales, it’s the straw that sucks them
in–and plops them right into the story. . . .

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Odilon and Carmilla love sucking up
the ink in books with their twin straw. Especially the ink in adventure stories! But as they begin one of their favorite tales, it?s the straw that sucks them
in?and plops them right into the story. . . .

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Hardcover: 48 pages
• Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers; 1 Amer ed edition (January 14, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385729677
• ISBN-13: 978-0385729673
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #461,676 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Little Red Ink Drinker, March 9, 2004

By	Cristel Boggs (London, Ky USA) - See all my reviews

Think Once upon a time with a twist. We typically think of vampires as creatures who prey on innocent victims, sink their teeth in and suck out their blood. But have you ever heard of a vampire that liked to suck the ink out of books? Me neither, until I read this campanion tale by Eric Sanvoisin. In this chapter book, we find an ordinary boy named Odilon, who is working in his fathers book store when he is bit by a looming character named Draculink. Immediately Odilon is transformed into a blood sucker, wrong, he only drinks the ink out books. He soon spends his time drinking the ink out of every book in his fathers store, and gets acquainted the folks from Dracuville, one of which is Carmilla, Draculinks neice. As a young romance blooms between the pair, they spend their days and nights in the basement of the Library of the World , where all the ink drinkers live. Here they suck the ink out of every book, and story they can get their hands on, using only a long, thin straw. As they argue over which book to drink, they agree to rehearse the story of Little Red Riding Hood, little do they know they are in for a surprise. As the straw draws them into the pages of the book, they realize quickly that they are going serve as replacements, giving Red and the Wolf a much needed break. Odilon finds himself transformed into a hungry wolf, and wanting to devour his girlfriend Carmilla (now Red Riding Hood), they can find no way out of this tale. Who will help them, they wonder, then they decide to go where else? Grandmas house. As they await their fate to finish the story, we find a new ending will be revealed with the help of an old uncle.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Sad Sequel, October 16, 2003

By A Customer

I did not enjoy this book as much as I did "The Ink Drinker." It was a disappointing read because it lacked the imagination of the first book.

4.0 out of 5 stars Little Red Ink Drinker, March 9, 2004

By	Cristel Boggs (London, Ky USA) - See all my reviews

Think "Once upon a time" with a twist. We typically think of vampires as creatures who prey on innocent victims, sink their teeth in and suck out their blood. But have you ever heard of a vampire that liked to suck the ink out of books? Me neither, until I read this campanion tale by Eric Sanvoisin. In this chapter book, we find an ordinary boy named Odilon, who is working in his father's book store when he is bit by a looming character named Draculink. Immediately Odilon is transformed into a blood sucker, wrong, he only drinks the ink out books. He soon spends his time drinking the ink out of every book in his father's store, and gets acquainted the folks from Dracuville, one of which is Carmilla, Draculink's neice. As a young romance blooms between the pair, they spend their days and nights in the basement of the Library of the World , where all the ink drinkers live. Here they suck the ink out of every book, and story they can get their hands on, using only a long, thin straw. As they argue over which book to drink, they agree to rehearse the story of Little Red Riding Hood, little do they know they are in for a surprise. As the straw draws them into the pages of the book, they realize quickly that they are going serve as replacements, giving Red and the Wolf a much needed break. Odilon finds himself transformed into a hungry wolf, and wanting to devour his girlfriend Carmilla (now Red Riding Hood), they can find no way out of this tale. Who will help them, they wonder, then they decide to go where else? Grandma's house. As they await their fate to finish the story, we find a new ending will be revealed with the help of an old uncle.