TITLE: Bunnicula: The Graphic Novel
AUTHOR: James Howe & Andrew Donkin
ILLUSTRATOR: Stephen Gilpin
GENRE: Horror/Fantasy/Humor
AGE RANGE: Middle Grade
PAGES: 128pg
PUBLISHER: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Celebrate over forty years of the modern classic Bunnicula with this fang-tastic graphic novelization!
Beware the hare!
Harold the dog and Chester the cat must find out the truth about the newest pet in the Monroe household—a suspicious-looking bunny with unusual habits…and fangs! Could this innocent-seeming rabbit actually be a vampire?
A Bunnicula graphic novel?! Bunnicula was one of my all-time faves as a kid and this is so exciting. ♥ I have read the original book more times than I can count, but I think this adaptation might be even better somehow. Bunnicula is the kind of story that works so well in a visual format, and this was executed wonderfully. The art is fun and cute, the animals have expressive faces that are so endearing and lovable, and little Bunnicula himself is an absolute doll. Chester’s most hilarious moments are played out so well that I laughed out loud a lot reading this, and Harold, of course, is precious, wise, and charming.
If you’ve never read Bunnicula in any format, I highly recommend picking it up. Told through the perspective of Harold the dog, we watch the Monroe family adapt to life with a very odd new orphaned bunny who has a shocking, spooky secret. Chester the cat is a monster-obsessed bookworm with a very big imagination and some hilarious schemes to unveil Bunnicula’s true identity to the oblivious humans, and Harold finds himself torn between helping his old friend and protecting the new baby of the family. The entire story is so funny and zany and warm-hearted, and it has built itself a legacy amongst readers of all ages for a very good reason! I can’t wait to get a finished copy of this to read to my kiddo, and to re-read for myself many times over, just like the original!
Thank you to the publisher for the review copy! All thoughts are honest and my own.
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— destiny ♥
jordyn
May 6, 2022Omg I remember absolutely loving this book when I was in elementary school! How great that they gave it another format!
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
May 7, 2022Right? It’s such a classic! I was so excited to see it getting the GN treatment!
Kasey @ The Story Sanctuary
May 7, 2022I’m so glad the graphic novel version is so great! I loved this book, too. I’m definitely going to have to get this for our home library. Thank you for posting!
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
May 7, 2022I’m so glad you’re grabbing a copy, too! 😀 It was so wonderful!
ChapterMalliumpkin
May 10, 2022Definitely not adding this to the list of books Destiny enjoys and recommends. Nope, definitely not doing that… right now… 👀 And if you think you saw me doing that, then you saw nothing and I was never doing the thing in which you think I was doing. 👀
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
May 12, 2022Bahahah I love this so much!!!
ChapterMalliumpkin
May 17, 2022I swear, I’m just going to dedicate a whole month to reading nothing but the books you recommend to me.
Sarah
May 19, 2022I looved Bunnicula back in the day, I can’t wait to read this omg
Destiny @ Howling Libraries
May 27, 2022It’s so good!! I hope you love it as much as I did ♥