 | Hanging with vampires (Totally Factual Field Guide To The Supernatural) Author: Fitzpatrick, Insha | |
| Price: $12.29 | ||
Summary:
A hilarious and haunting exploration of how myths and legends shape our lives. Sink your fangs into vampire lore and literature with enchanting illustrations and fun activities, like making garlic bread. It's a spooky world out there--grab your guide, and let's go!
| Illustrator: | Bolecz, Lilla |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (01/01/23)
Booklist (02/15/23)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 02/15/2023 In this opener to the Totally Factual Field Guide to the Supernatural series, Fitzpatrick focuses on vampires in a fang-in-cheek tone, beginning with such basics as their physical characteristics and special powers, as well as how humans turn into them. Any good guidebook leaves readers feeling prepared, and this one is no exception, offering tips on how to fight vampires. Successive chapters turn to the history and European folklore that helped create the vampire legends and other bloodsuckers from around the world—including the “goat sucker” chupacabra from Puerto Rico and the undead jiangshi from China, which craves life forces. The final chapters look at vampires throughout literature and film, noting the historical lack of LGBTQ vampires and vampires of color along with standout portrayals in media. Intermittent sidebars within chapters relate science, history, and pop culture to vampire legends, while related activities (like a garlic-bread recipe to ward off vampires), and fictional interviews with Bram Stoker and Vlad the Impaler entertain between chapters. Eye-catching illustrations and plenty of red complete this sanguine selection. - Copyright 2023 Booklist.
