A Vampire is Coming to Dinner!
10 Rules to Follow
Read along as the narrator of this story comes up with some very practical rules for dealing with a vampire. But rules are meant to be broken, aren?t they? From feeding the vampire garlic to filling the house with mirrors, the narrator is doing just that! With ten full-page gatefolds and a pop at the end of the book, kids will love seeing which rules are being followed and which aren’t they?
After a Nosferatu-like vampire announces an unexpected visit to a boy's house (via a knife-staked note on the door), what follows is a list of rules for caring for guests of the bloodsucking variety, which appear on flaps within antique golden picture frames. Kids will delight in lifting each flap to reveal retro-styled spreads in which the boy outwits the vampire at every turn—welcoming him with spotlights, candles, and lamps ("Make sure all the lights are off") and cooking a garlic-heavy dinner ("Don't serve the vampire anything with garlic in it"). A pop-up finale in which the two have suddenly resolved their differences comes out of left field, but the rest of the book is a ghoulishly good time. Ages 3–up. (Publisher’s Weekly)
Praise for Vampire
A little boy learns a vampire is coming to dinner; this book gives him the rules which should be followed and which ones can be broken!
Each page lists a rule, such as “Don’t serve garlic” or “Make sure all the lights are out.” Then, by lifting the page, see whether or not the boy followed the rule. A Vampire Is Coming to Dinner!: 10 Rules to Follow is a delightfully charming book that both of my boys (age 5 & 11!) enjoyed! The illustrations, done by Pedro Rodriguez, are colorful and detailed.
We highly recommend this book to kids of all ages! The illustrations are humorous, not scary, and the book is guaranteed to give you a good laugh! Jenn’s Bookshelves
Illustrated by Pedro Rodriguez
Pamela Jane‘s A Vampire Is Coming to Dinner! 10 Rules to Follow is a picture book for ages three to eight and is brightly illustrated by Pedro Rodriguez.
The images and text teeter between light and dark, balanced enough to engage young readers and keep them on their toes. The pranks the young boy comes up with to keep the vampire guessing are hilarious and just something a young kid would come up with. Savvy Verse & Wit
There are lots of rules for making a prince of darkness feel comfy, and Pamela Jane's brand-new A Vampire is Coming for Dinner: 10 Rules to Follow lays out the protocol for keeping a vampire happy, framed in an ornate series of tarnished gold frames. But if this Dracula thinks he's in for the kid-gloves welcome, he's in for a rather rude surprise.
Friendly handshake? Well, yeah, if you count a fake hand extended through the mail slot.
Lights off? Dining only by candlelight? Think again. How about a panel of spotlights aimed right into his peepers?
As the reader lifts the flaps beneath each of the ten rules, we see what is really in store for this unwanted and unwonted guest. No garlic? It's time to pull out your favorite cookbook,1001 Garlic Recipes.No mirrors? How about every room a virtual Hall of Mirrors? A cozy, quiet guest bedroom? How about one with a mariachi band on hand? And if these accommodations don't suit, just throw out the rulebook:
RULE 11: IF THE VAMPIRE CAN'T SLEEP, THROW OUT ALL THE RULES AND HAVE A MONSTER GOOD PARTY!
There's nothing like a rousing finale, and Jane's tale, illustrated in retro-tongue-in-cheek style by Pedro Rodriguez, closes with a last two-page spread which opens to a lively party scene pop-up with the vamp popping the pinata. And after all, it's always better when Dracula satisfies his appetite with those treats! A fun way to spoof the would-be scary vampire character! BooksForKidsBlog