Vampire Baby!: A Hazy Dell Flap Book

by Elias Barks, Zoe Persico (Illustrator)

Overview

Open the flaps to follow Vampire Baby through a not-so-spooky haunted castle on Halloween night! 

On every page, and beneath every flap, Vampire Baby! is crawling with Gothic Halloween imagery and creeping with classic Halloween creatures, including a mummy, Frankenstein's Monster, a ghost, and a gargoyle. Young readers and pre-readers will discover the details of this nonthreatening Halloween castle alongside their Vampire Baby avatar, as every spread features a flap revealing a fun, unexpected character or surprise.

The durable, interactive flaps make this an ideal multisensory experience for hours of fun at schools, libraries, homeschool or stay-at-home activities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781948931359
Publisher:	Hazy Dell Press
Publication date:	11/08/2022
Series:	Hazy Dell Flap Book , #7
Pages:	12
Sales rank:	186,917
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 5.40(h) x 1.00(d)
Lexile:	390L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 Months to 4 Years

About the Author

Author Elias Barks is a writer who lives with his cats, Agnes and Magnus, beneath the gray skies of Astoria, Oregon. He is the author of many beloved children's books, including I Believe in You, I'm Programmed to Love You, Mothman Baby! and Bigfoot Baby!

Zoe Persico is a prolific artist and illustrator living in sunny Florida with a dog named Zombie. In addition to her books with Hazy Dell Press, Zoe has illustrated books for a variety of publishers including Disney Hyperion, Cottage Door Press, Macmillan, Random House, and Simon & Schuster.

Editorial Reviews

“Persico (Greta and the Giants) brings her characteristic whimsical, detailed illustrations to this Halloween-themed read: a muted palette accented by vibrant reds and oranges brings Barks’s story to life. A cute, not too scary, addition to library Halloween collections. Recommended.”
—School Library Journal

[Select praise from the Hazy Dell Flap Book series includes:]

[Alien Baby!]:
★ "Delightful [and] dazzling double-page spreads.”
—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

[Bigfoot Baby!]:
“Perfect for saying ‘good night’ to your little one.”
—The Oregonian

[Pumpkin Baby!]:
“Thick, durable, and easily operated flap[s]…[E]specially effective and surreal.”
—Kirkus Reviews

[Yeti Baby!]:
“A whimsically wintry lift-the-flap book.”
—Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher

08/12/2022

Toddler-PreS—A not-so-scary vampire tale takes readers on a tour of a castle on Halloween night. With Vampire Baby's help, readers find Frankenstein's Monster knitting, while behind his chair a mummy and a bat read a book. When Vampire Baby disappears, the mummy and bat find him hanging out with the skeleton crew. Then, Vampire Baby hides again in order to read a book in peace and quiet. Unfortunately, the quiet doesn't last long; the mummy, bat, and Vampire Baby go looking for the noisy castle inhabitants and find a ghost and wailing banshee in the kitchen. In the final scene, Vampire Baby hides one last time: in his own coffin. This board book uses a question-and-answer format with chunky flaps to reveal the hiding characters. Every spread has a flap that opens down or to the side. Persico (Greta and the Giants) brings her characteristic whimsical, detailed illustrations to this Halloween-themed read: a muted palette accented by vibrant reds and oranges brings Barks's story to life. VERDICT A cute, not too scary, addition to library Halloween collections. Recommended.—Sarah Sieg

School Library Journal