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Isadora Moon #1
Isadora Moon Goes to School
Meet Isadora Moon! She's half-fairy, half-vampire and totally unique!
Isadora Moon loves sunshine -- and nighttime. She loves her magic wand -- and her black tutu. She loves spooky bats -- and Pink Rabbit. Isadora is half-fairy, half-vampire, and she's special because she is different!
Now Isadora's parents want her to start school, but she's not sure where she belongs -- fairy school or vampire school?
Isadora Moon loves sunshine -- and nighttime. She loves her magic wand -- and her black tutu. She loves spooky bats -- and Pink Rabbit. Isadora is half-fairy, half-vampire, and she's special because she is different!
Now Isadora's parents want her to start school, but she's not sure where she belongs -- fairy school or vampire school?
128 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2016
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Harriet Muncaster
244 books337 followersHarriet Muncaster studied illustration at Norwich University College of the Arts before going on to get an MA in children’s book illustration at the Cambridge School of Art. In creating the art for her first book for children, she was thrilled to have found a good outlet for her lifelong fascination with miniatures. She lives in Hertfordshire, England.
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September 5, 2016
A bedtime read with my 3 year old, that she enjoyed to the point of acting it out all through our family holiday!
What a breath of fresh air Isadora Moon is to the 5-8 category. A great representation of the ability to be different while not compromising on 'girly-ness'. Isadora's stories are funny and charming, and the artwork inside is just beautiful.
Can't wait to check out the rest of the series!
What a breath of fresh air Isadora Moon is to the 5-8 category. A great representation of the ability to be different while not compromising on 'girly-ness'. Isadora's stories are funny and charming, and the artwork inside is just beautiful.
Can't wait to check out the rest of the series!
August 12, 2022
3.5
Poželjela sam čitati nešto lepršavo i odlučila upoznati Izadoru Moon. Preslatka ideja i divni crteži su me osvojili odmah. Njezina različitost, kombinacija vile i vampira je savršeno nesavršen spoj. Svoja i posebna mora pronaći put kojim će ići, školu koju će pohađati.
Ja bih rado vidjela što joj je autorica i dalje pripremila s obzirom da mi se uvod u njezine dogodovštine baš svidio. Sigurna sam da bi se sa mnom složili i mlađi čitači kojima bih svakako preporučila da upoznaju Izadoru Moon.
Poželjela sam čitati nešto lepršavo i odlučila upoznati Izadoru Moon. Preslatka ideja i divni crteži su me osvojili odmah. Njezina različitost, kombinacija vile i vampira je savršeno nesavršen spoj. Svoja i posebna mora pronaći put kojim će ići, školu koju će pohađati.
Ja bih rado vidjela što joj je autorica i dalje pripremila s obzirom da mi se uvod u njezine dogodovštine baš svidio. Sigurna sam da bi se sa mnom složili i mlađi čitači kojima bih svakako preporučila da upoznaju Izadoru Moon.
November 13, 2021
4.5 STARS I adore these Isadora Moon books! They are so charming and fun. The illustrations are full of the most darling details that always make me smile. The stories are well-written, the characters all feel well-drawn.
This first book introduces us to Isadora's family and she receives the surprising news that she must start attending school. Her vampire father naturally thinks she will thrive in vampire school, while her fairy mother thinks she will adore fairy school. Isadora feels torn between the two, because she is both vampire and fairy. She loves some things that vampires do, and dislikes some. She likes some things fairies do, and dislikes some. She tries vampire school and fairy school for one day and doesn't feel like she fits in either place. Perhaps the human children, whom she's seen pass by their house on the way to human school, might help her find a place where she belongs.
Told with sweetness and humor, as well as touching earnestness, this book will likely resonate for many children who feel "different" or might help develop empathy in the child who needs to welcome someone who perhaps feels that he or she doesn't quite fit in.
This first book introduces us to Isadora's family and she receives the surprising news that she must start attending school. Her vampire father naturally thinks she will thrive in vampire school, while her fairy mother thinks she will adore fairy school. Isadora feels torn between the two, because she is both vampire and fairy. She loves some things that vampires do, and dislikes some. She likes some things fairies do, and dislikes some. She tries vampire school and fairy school for one day and doesn't feel like she fits in either place. Perhaps the human children, whom she's seen pass by their house on the way to human school, might help her find a place where she belongs.
Told with sweetness and humor, as well as touching earnestness, this book will likely resonate for many children who feel "different" or might help develop empathy in the child who needs to welcome someone who perhaps feels that he or she doesn't quite fit in.
October 9, 2023
Not what I usually pick up, but I want to read loads more books aimed at children.
Half fairy, half vampire, Isadora Moon is given the choice by her fairy mother and vampire father to go either to fairy school or vampire school. She can't decide if she's one or the other. But whatever she is, Pink Rabbit, her best friend, is going with her.
Here's the story:
She tries both schools, first learning wand waving, dancing and making wreaths at fairy school. It doesn't go so well. She bungles her attempt to magic up a cake by making a carrot that grows bat wings and gets bigger and bigger; she's made to wear a tutu in dance class that isn't her favourite black one but instead is fairy-approved pink (which she hates) and makes her dance badly; and while out collecting plants for flower garlands she mistakenly forages a sacred mushroom that makes her skin turn red. Thinking she's really more of a vampire than a fairy, she sleepily goes to vampire school, which takes place at nighttime. She learns to fly, to train bats and groom herself. It doesn't go so well either. Unlike the other vampires, she has wings, but when they all go flying together, everyone else is really fast except Isadora, who just flaps about and crashes into the others; after a break for tomato juice (which she hates), Pink Rabbit wants to play and Isadora's bat, which she's failing to train, gets bored and flies out of an open window with all the other pupil's bats, angering the teacher; and finally, during grooming class, Isadora's wild fairy hair won't be tamed into a slick straight shiny perm like all her peers. She decides she's not a proper vampire or fairy, and is left with the same problem of working out who or what she is.
Then one day she see's the regular school children who pass her house everyday beckon her over to talk to her. They really like her. She decides she wants to go to human school, where her differences are very much admired and appreciated. I love this positive message it ends on. It's a really sweet, funny story.
Half fairy, half vampire, Isadora Moon is given the choice by her fairy mother and vampire father to go either to fairy school or vampire school. She can't decide if she's one or the other. But whatever she is, Pink Rabbit, her best friend, is going with her.
Here's the story:
She tries both schools, first learning wand waving, dancing and making wreaths at fairy school. It doesn't go so well. She bungles her attempt to magic up a cake by making a carrot that grows bat wings and gets bigger and bigger; she's made to wear a tutu in dance class that isn't her favourite black one but instead is fairy-approved pink (which she hates) and makes her dance badly; and while out collecting plants for flower garlands she mistakenly forages a sacred mushroom that makes her skin turn red. Thinking she's really more of a vampire than a fairy, she sleepily goes to vampire school, which takes place at nighttime. She learns to fly, to train bats and groom herself. It doesn't go so well either. Unlike the other vampires, she has wings, but when they all go flying together, everyone else is really fast except Isadora, who just flaps about and crashes into the others; after a break for tomato juice (which she hates), Pink Rabbit wants to play and Isadora's bat, which she's failing to train, gets bored and flies out of an open window with all the other pupil's bats, angering the teacher; and finally, during grooming class, Isadora's wild fairy hair won't be tamed into a slick straight shiny perm like all her peers. She decides she's not a proper vampire or fairy, and is left with the same problem of working out who or what she is.
Then one day she see's the regular school children who pass her house everyday beckon her over to talk to her. They really like her. She decides she wants to go to human school, where her differences are very much admired and appreciated. I love this positive message it ends on. It's a really sweet, funny story.
May 25, 2017
Fue una compra impulsiva y alocada, pero fue la mejor compra de todas :)
September 4, 2017
So adorable! A really fun little chapter book with cute/spooky pink and black illustrations. I could totally relate to Isadora as someone who also loves both cute things and spooky things... I'd definitely like to collect the rest of this series.
December 24, 2024
Zawsze będę zszokowana wyborem przetłumaczenia fairy na elfka, ale cóż bywa. Elfia propaganda. Karli sabotaż, wiadomo, te sprawy. Poza tym superowo, z drobnymi zastrzeżeniemiami; poznaliśmy bardziej zwyczaje elfiąt i wampirząt, żałuję tylko, że szkoła ludzka nie została bardziej opisana xx
May 14, 2018
חמוד מאד לקריאה ראשונה, ואפילו מעודד קריאה אצל סרבנים :-)
September 19, 2021
Estos libros me parecen tan bonitossss. Como siempre las ilustraciones fueron hermosas, pero lo que más me encantó fue la historia tan bella y llena de enseñanzas. Habla mucho sobre las personas diferentes y como sienten que no encajan... hasta que encajan... porque no son los únicos diferentes, porque la mayoría (por no decir todos) Somos diferentes.
August 29, 2018
So cute! Lucia enjoyed this *almost* as much as Franny k. Stein. Isadora's dad is a vampire and her mom is a fairy, which makes her half of both. She tries out vampire school and Fairy school but doesn't fit in either place. Where does she belong?!
abandoned
December 23, 202223 December 2022
Just not in the mood: it was better to let someone else have a go
Just not in the mood: it was better to let someone else have a go
October 14, 2025
Continua a saga de convencer a Gabriela que os livros são fixes. Tendo sido eu criada numa casa em que um dos filhos devorava livros - eu - e outro detestava - o meu irmão - sei que é possível, e estou zero preocupada com ter um filho que devora livros - o mais velho - e outra que hoje deu DNF a dois livros diferentes porque não tinham imagens - a Gabriela -. Depois de ter trazido o terceiro livro da colecção da Maria Lua (metade fada, metade vampira) da biblioteca e ter feito muito sucesso com a Gabriela e o Pedro, que leu a maior parte do livro, decidimos comprar o primeiro da colecção, que foi lido na íntegra por mim porque a Gabriela anda em fase ❤️ mamã ❤️. A Maria Lua vai começar a escola e tenta perceber se gosta mais da escola dos vampiros ou a escola das fadas, concluindo que . Apesar da mensagem final um bocadinho martelada (algo que acho que é um problema global dos livros dos miúdos actualmente, são muito pouco subtis e deixam zero questões implícitas ou em alternativa são hiper poéticos e meta-cenas e a criança não percebe um bacalhau do que está ali a acontecer), gostei, não tenho muito a dizer, vou comprar o segundo para continuar a enfiar livros pela goela da minha filha. A Gabriela deu cinco estrelas.
October 11, 2022
For a children's book, this unexpectedly ended up quite entertaining.
I liked Isadora's childishness and the way she discovers her own identity. When she didn't fit in either fairy or vampire school, I was eager to find out which one she would choose but she made her own path and went for an all humans school.
It gave me hope and this was a feel good book with adorable illustrations.
I liked Isadora's childishness and the way she discovers her own identity. When she didn't fit in either fairy or vampire school, I was eager to find out which one she would choose but she made her own path and went for an all humans school.
It gave me hope and this was a feel good book with adorable illustrations.
July 18, 2020
This is such a sweet, funny, quirky chapterbook about the value of being different - as shown through the story of a vampire fairy with an animated stuffed bunny, a vampire dad and a fairy mum. I checked out the (wonderfully narrated) audiobook from the library for my 7-year-old, and by the end of the first chapter, he'd already begged me to buy the first full audio collection for him from Audible, to keep. I wouldn't be surprised if we end up buying the paperback editions too, because the art we've seen (in online previews) is so adorable! A really great find for our family.
March 21, 2020
Bebe conejita se volvió loca con este libro.
October 14, 2020
Supersöpö.
March 28, 2022
Well, my 5-year-old loved it and that's what matters.
August 31, 2022
Mnooogo mi se sviđaju ilustracije i celokupna ta crno-roze estetika. Priča o devojčici koja je i vila i vampir, priča o (ne)pronalaženju sebe. Interesantna knjižica, uživala sam čitajući je.
September 27, 2025
i bought this as a future gift for a niece and ended up reading it for fun, and it was really good! it has a lot of heart and I absolutely reccomend it as a nice read
January 10, 2026
"very cool and it finished in an exciting way!"
Alba - 7
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February 6, 2019
How much I like it❤️🧡💛💚💙💕💗💝💖💘enjoy my favorite part the BATS and VAMPIRES👍🏻😁🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤💕💕🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
June 17, 2020
Si quieren los chicos/a léanlo porque es para infantiles pero es muy bueno. A mi me gustó mucho que me quede sorprendida,yo lo leí en un día porque era muy cortito tiene 128 páginas. El libro se trata de que un vampiro y una hada se casan y tienen una hija llamada isadora moon que es mitad vampiro y mitad hada y tiene un conejito rosa muy lindo. Yo tengo 8 años.
March 2, 2019
První kniha, která mou dceru bavila a hned si řekla o druhý díl. Upoutala ji natolik, že ji četla sama bez pobízení po cestě do školy, před spaním, po probuzení, prostě pořád. Něco, co jsem s ní dosud nezažila. Takže, díky za tuhle knihu.
April 18, 2017
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Isadora è una bambina particolare, figlia di una fata e di un vampiro ha ereditato per buona parte le caratteristiche di entrambi i genitori. Una fata-vampira ecco quello che è, come suo padre adora la misteriosità della notte e osservare le stelle, come sua madre ama la luce del giorno e le magie.
Isadora vive spensierata le sue giornate, giocando con il suo inseparabile amico, Coniglietto Rosa.
I due si divertono a svolazzare qua e là, a magiare pane e burro d'arachidi e torte di carota, e a preparare eleganti tè a base di brillantini.
Ma anche per Isadora, come per ogni bambino umano o magico che sia, è venuto il tanto temuto primo giorno di scuola. Ma essendo per metà fata, e per metà vampira, quale delle due scuole dovrà frequentare?
Una bella domanda che metterebbe alla prova qualsiasi bambino, e per Isadora è venuto il momento di fare i conti con se stessa e con la sua natura. Se prima si riteneva fortunata ed essere un po' di entrambe le cose, ora si sente inadatta, incompleta e inadeguata. Se è un po' fata e un po' vampira questo significa che non è propriamente né l'una, né l'altra cosa?
Harriet Muncaster si serve di un personaggio di fantasia per affrontare tematiche universali e profonde. Il bivio che vede protagonista la sua Isadora non è che la metafora delle insicurezze di ognuno di noi: il non sentirsi mai abbastanza, mai adeguato e all'altezza.
Isadora, dopo aver frequentato un giorno in entrambe le scuole, si rende conto di non avere tutte le doti necessarie per frequentarle e, a questo punto, avrebbe potuto abbattersi moltissimo, invece capisce che la sua diversità è ciò che la rende unica e speciale.
Isadora trova la sua strada, che non necessariamente è quella più adatta alla sua natura, ma è sicuramente quella che la rende più felice.
Un libro, tenero, dolce, e divertente, ma soprattutto un libro che consiglio per ciò che dice e per come lo dice, perché le lezioni importanti si apprendono meglio se spiegate con un po' di magia.
Isadora è una bambina particolare, figlia di una fata e di un vampiro ha ereditato per buona parte le caratteristiche di entrambi i genitori. Una fata-vampira ecco quello che è, come suo padre adora la misteriosità della notte e osservare le stelle, come sua madre ama la luce del giorno e le magie.
Isadora vive spensierata le sue giornate, giocando con il suo inseparabile amico, Coniglietto Rosa.
I due si divertono a svolazzare qua e là, a magiare pane e burro d'arachidi e torte di carota, e a preparare eleganti tè a base di brillantini.
Ma anche per Isadora, come per ogni bambino umano o magico che sia, è venuto il tanto temuto primo giorno di scuola. Ma essendo per metà fata, e per metà vampira, quale delle due scuole dovrà frequentare?
Una bella domanda che metterebbe alla prova qualsiasi bambino, e per Isadora è venuto il momento di fare i conti con se stessa e con la sua natura. Se prima si riteneva fortunata ed essere un po' di entrambe le cose, ora si sente inadatta, incompleta e inadeguata. Se è un po' fata e un po' vampira questo significa che non è propriamente né l'una, né l'altra cosa?
Harriet Muncaster si serve di un personaggio di fantasia per affrontare tematiche universali e profonde. Il bivio che vede protagonista la sua Isadora non è che la metafora delle insicurezze di ognuno di noi: il non sentirsi mai abbastanza, mai adeguato e all'altezza.
Isadora, dopo aver frequentato un giorno in entrambe le scuole, si rende conto di non avere tutte le doti necessarie per frequentarle e, a questo punto, avrebbe potuto abbattersi moltissimo, invece capisce che la sua diversità è ciò che la rende unica e speciale.
Isadora trova la sua strada, che non necessariamente è quella più adatta alla sua natura, ma è sicuramente quella che la rende più felice.
Un libro, tenero, dolce, e divertente, ma soprattutto un libro che consiglio per ciò che dice e per come lo dice, perché le lezioni importanti si apprendono meglio se spiegate con un po' di magia.
June 19, 2017
Een lief, grappig boekje over een meisje dat half vampier en half fee is.
Ja, half vampier, half fee. En dat is best wel speciaal (iets wat best vaak wordt gezegd). Een dag en een nachtwezen die samen zijn gekomen, dat gebeurd niet vaak. Ik vraag me alleen af hoe die ouders ooit bij elkaar zijn gekomen gegeven dat de een veel te veel houdt van glitters en roze en overdag wakker is en de ander 's nachts wakker is en heel veel houdt van zwart, rood, donker. Magie?
Ik moest wel lachen om de huizen waar onze hoofdpersoon en haar familie in woonde. Een huis knalroze met glitters, de andere zwart en duister (maar ook met wat roze).
In het boek komt onze hoofdpersoon erachter dat ook halfjes naar school moeten. Alleen dan komt het probleem, waar hoort ze bij? Bij de vampiers? Of bij de feetjes? Ik vond het erg leuk om te zien wat voor lessen er waren op de scholen (ik vond ze wel ietsje simplistisch), en ook om te zien hoe Isabella haar best deed om er bij te passen en de school te vinden die zij leuk vindt.
Ik vond het alleen jammer hoe de ouders reageerden en hoe ze dachten het probleem op te lossen. Nee, je kind kan niet de hele dag en nacht naar school met alleen een dutje tussendoor.
Het einde zag ik al van ver aankomen (eigenlijk al vanaf het moment dat we die kinderen zagen), maar toch vond ik het een leuk einde en ik was heel blij voor Isabella.
Het enige wat ik niet leuk vond aan het boek was dat konijn. Mijn hemel, wat een vervelend ettertje was dat zeg. Gelukkig dat ie niet kan praten anders had ik het boek misschien nog niet eens uitgelezen.
Het boek zit vol met schattige illustraties die het verhaal nog leuker maken.
Ik zag dat er nog meer boeken zijn in deze serie, ik hoop dat ze snel worden vertaald!
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
Ja, half vampier, half fee. En dat is best wel speciaal (iets wat best vaak wordt gezegd). Een dag en een nachtwezen die samen zijn gekomen, dat gebeurd niet vaak. Ik vraag me alleen af hoe die ouders ooit bij elkaar zijn gekomen gegeven dat de een veel te veel houdt van glitters en roze en overdag wakker is en de ander 's nachts wakker is en heel veel houdt van zwart, rood, donker. Magie?
Ik moest wel lachen om de huizen waar onze hoofdpersoon en haar familie in woonde. Een huis knalroze met glitters, de andere zwart en duister (maar ook met wat roze).
In het boek komt onze hoofdpersoon erachter dat ook halfjes naar school moeten. Alleen dan komt het probleem, waar hoort ze bij? Bij de vampiers? Of bij de feetjes? Ik vond het erg leuk om te zien wat voor lessen er waren op de scholen (ik vond ze wel ietsje simplistisch), en ook om te zien hoe Isabella haar best deed om er bij te passen en de school te vinden die zij leuk vindt.
Ik vond het alleen jammer hoe de ouders reageerden en hoe ze dachten het probleem op te lossen. Nee, je kind kan niet de hele dag en nacht naar school met alleen een dutje tussendoor.
Het einde zag ik al van ver aankomen (eigenlijk al vanaf het moment dat we die kinderen zagen), maar toch vond ik het een leuk einde en ik was heel blij voor Isabella.
Het enige wat ik niet leuk vond aan het boek was dat konijn. Mijn hemel, wat een vervelend ettertje was dat zeg. Gelukkig dat ie niet kan praten anders had ik het boek misschien nog niet eens uitgelezen.
Het boek zit vol met schattige illustraties die het verhaal nog leuker maken.
Ik zag dat er nog meer boeken zijn in deze serie, ik hoop dat ze snel worden vertaald!
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
October 31, 2017
Isadora Moon isn't like other children, she's half vampire, half fairy. Her dad is a vampire and Isadora loves flying at night and she likes bats. Her mother is a fairy and therefore Isadora also likes the day, spending time outside in the sunshine. She loves her pink rabbit and cute baby sister. It's time for Isadora to go to school, which school should she choose, a school for vampires or a school for fairies? Isadora goes to both vampire and fairy school to see which of the two she likes best. Where will she feel most at home?
Isadora loves pink and black, she has a pink bunny that accompanies her everywhere, Pink Rabbit, she likes bats, she has unruly black hair and everything about her is a mix of vampire and fairy. That makes her special and like nobody else. She's cute with her fangs, and pink and black and white clothes. She's friendly and sweet and unique, so the question is where she'll fit it. Every child that goes to school has to deal with making new friends and being part of a group and Harriet Muncaster smartly uses this as a theme for her first Isadora Moon story, which makes the story both fun and easy to relate to.
Harriet Muncaster's artwork is stunning. I loved every drawing in this beautiful Isadora Moon book. The combination of pink and black works very well and it makes the story come to life in a fantastic vibrant way. Each drawing perfectly suits the writing. Harriet Muncaster is talented in many different ways and her stories are bursting with creativity. Isadora Moon Goes to School put a big smile on my face, it's a wonderful story and I highly recommend it.
Isadora loves pink and black, she has a pink bunny that accompanies her everywhere, Pink Rabbit, she likes bats, she has unruly black hair and everything about her is a mix of vampire and fairy. That makes her special and like nobody else. She's cute with her fangs, and pink and black and white clothes. She's friendly and sweet and unique, so the question is where she'll fit it. Every child that goes to school has to deal with making new friends and being part of a group and Harriet Muncaster smartly uses this as a theme for her first Isadora Moon story, which makes the story both fun and easy to relate to.
Harriet Muncaster's artwork is stunning. I loved every drawing in this beautiful Isadora Moon book. The combination of pink and black works very well and it makes the story come to life in a fantastic vibrant way. Each drawing perfectly suits the writing. Harriet Muncaster is talented in many different ways and her stories are bursting with creativity. Isadora Moon Goes to School put a big smile on my face, it's a wonderful story and I highly recommend it.
July 17, 2017
"De pronto recordé lo que papá había dicho sobre las estrellas del cielo. Cómo cada una es distinta, pero todas son bonitas y pensé "Quizás no importa si soy un poco diferente. Lo diferente también puede ser bonito "
Háganse un favor y leanlo ... es muy refrescante y Kawaii.
También quiero mis alas de hadas y mi tutú negro con estrellas planteadas xD
Háganse un favor y leanlo ... es muy refrescante y Kawaii.
También quiero mis alas de hadas y mi tutú negro con estrellas planteadas xD
November 26, 2020
This was a good book.
It is ideal for those starting out on there reading journey
It is ideal for those starting out on there reading journey
May 14, 2023
Mi piace la fantasia di una bambina metà fata metà vampira grazie i genitori
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