Despeyroux, Denise The Big Book of Vampires, illustrated by
Fernando Falcone. 108 p. Tundra Books,
2011, $17.95. Violence: PG (minimally
bloody except in illustration, death mentioned many times); Mature Content: G;
Language: G.
Desperoux recounts 13
stories of legends about vampires from all over the world, with the stories
mostly from the 1800’s. The tellings are
fairly simple, with minimal detail, but still well done. The illustrations are the highlight of this
particular book. Falcone’s work feels
like a riveting twist of Disney meets Tim Burton. There is blood and there are dripping
puncture wounds in many of the illustrations; that’s why I don’t really
recommend this for most elementary schools, unles you already have a
horror/vampire collection. Middle school
students are fascinated by the macabre and this will fit well with many
collections.
EL – OPTIONAL; MS –
ADVISABLE. Cindy, Library Teacher
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