Vampire Baby

(Hardback)

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When Tootie gets her first teeth, its clear to her big brother that shes 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 shes sinking her pointy fangs into everything furniture, toys, and especially her big brother (Youch, Tootie! No bite! ). Mom insists that its just a phase, but Tooties 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.

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Simple pen-and-ink and watercolor cartoon illustrations accompany text that may interest a preschool audience with teething younger siblings.
School Library Journal

Meisels illustrations, executed in acrylic, watercolor, collage, pencil, ink and pastel, are full of details that add light, humorous touches to the tale, lending just the right touch of charm. Casting Tootie as a potential vampire gives the well-worn new-baby theme a fresh, comic twist.
Kirkus Reviews

Bennetts humorous conversational text plays to realism (i.e., Tootie is a normal teething baby and her brothers imagination is getting the better of him) while Meisels clean-lined mixed-media illustrations agreeably maintain the baby-as-vampire conceit.
The Horn Book

Author Bio

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 Harriets Had Enough! by Elissa Haden Guest, Whats the Matter in Mr. Whiskers Room by Michael Elsohn Ross, Dear Baby by Sarah Sullivan, and many other books, including the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honorwinning See Me Run. Paul Meisel lives in Newtown, Connecticut.