Description:
It's always nice to keep a scrapbook of important events in your life... even if you've already died twice. In this sinister scrapbook, the protagonist wants to preserve this year's happy birthday memories, which he celebrates with all his relatives (dead or alive): Nephew Frankie, Uncle Hunch, Granddaddy Bones, the Witch aunts, even Uncle Drac, in from Transylvania. The decidedly pointy-fanged birthday boy sends out invitations, opens presents ("real poltergeist slime from Cousin Spook!"), and delights in a ghastly gourmet meal of soup with eyes and worm spaghetti. After dinner the revelers play music and dance till dawn. What a fabulous Halloween treat! Here is a pop-up book filled with gruesome horrors and spine-chilling creepy-crawlies, all presented in a downright cheerful tone by the vampire boy. Lift the flaps, pull the tabs, open the drawers and coffins, and unfold the fantastic paper art created by the talented Kees Moerbeek, author of Jungle King Open Sesame and many other novelty pop-up books. The scrapbook is more of a box in a false-book format, allowing for plenty of expanding surprises. Our favorite is the spread with ghouls dancing the cancan: pull the tab and watch them kick! (Ages 4 to 8) --Emilie Coulter
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