BUNNICULA

BUNNICULA by Deborah and James Howe

Even though the cover looks scary, this is not a scary book! It is more humorous than scary!

Bunnicula by James Howe, written in 1979, was a favorite book of mine as an upper elementary kid! Callie and I just finished it, and even though she chuckled through part of it, she wasn't as smitten as I was. I have to say, I thoroughly enjoyed re-reading this "classic!"

Bunnicula is the story of a bunny left behind in a movie theater showing Dracula. The Munroe family discover him when one of their boys accidentally sits on him. They bring him home and promptly adopt him into the family adding him to the current pet population of Chester the cat and Harold the dog. I need to interject here for a moment that this book is told from the perspective of Harold the dog! After some strange things start happening around the home like the discovery of stark white zucchini and tomatoes in the fridge, the fact that Bunnicula is only awake at night and is affected by garlic, Chester, the suspicious cat, thinks they need to act to protect the family from a vampire rabbit. Lots of hilarious antics ensue. Great fun!