The Werewolf Club Meets Dorkula #3
Gr. 3-5. It seems inevitable that the kids in the Watson Elementary School Werewolf Club would meet a vampire somewhere in the series. And so in this, the third installment, they meet Henry Count Dorkula. In what's apparently become a convention in children's literature, Henry sucks the juice out of fruits and vegetables (a la James Howe's rabbit Bunnicula), and when all of the town's fresh fruits and vegetables disappear, the Werewolf Club kids suspect Henry. The real culprit, however, turns out to be Henry's Uncle Noshferatu, an ancient fruitpire. A visit to the produce dealer and fruitpire expert Dr. Hugo Van Helsing leads to an inevitable chase, werewolf transformations, and a series of puns. This is goofy, fast-paced, easy-reading fun, with some of the laughs supplied by the illustrations; there's even a cartoon version of the vampire Nosferatu featured in the 1922 silent film.Todd MorningCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.