Vampire Baby

The Bailey City Monsters #7

by Marcia Thornton Jones, Debbie Dadey

There's more mischief and scary fun in store for Bailey City when a tiny vampire, the newest member of the Hauntly Clan, arrives at Hauntly Manor Inn. Original.

Genres: Childrens

96 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1999

About the author

Marcia Thornton Jones has published 131 books for children with sales totaling more than 43 million copies world-wide. Her works include CHAMP (mid-grade novel), RATFINK (mid-grade novel), GODZILLA ATE MY HOMEWORK (chapter book), THE TALE OF JACK FROST (picture book) and LEPRECHAUN ON THE LOOSE (picture book). She is the co-author of seven popular series including The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, Keyholders, Ghostville Elementary, The Bailey School Kids Jr. Chapter Books, Triplet Trouble, Bailey City Monsters, and The Barkley School for Dogs.

Marcia has been listed as a top 100 author by the Educational Paperback Association and selected for the Children’s Top 100 Books list by the National Education Association, International Reading Associations Children’s Choice Award. Marcia's books have received many honors and have appeared on on the Publisher's Weekly Bestsellers lists,

Marcia, a full time writer living in Lexington, Kentucky enjoys presenting at schools and conferences. As a veteran teacher with more than 20 years of experience, she easily relates the importance of writing to students of all ages.

Reviews

[J.B. Mathias · Rating 2 out of 5]

These books all have a weird turn to them. It's heavily implied all these Hauntley Manor characters are monsters of some kind. When the kids become convinced the new visitor in question is a monster terrorizing the neighbourhood...their gut reaction then becomes to protect the monsters? They conclude a baby is a blood sucking monster...and they want to stop another kid from having them chased out of town? Makese no sense. And the plots all resolve themselves with the person just leaving of their own accord. The build up is always good but the stories are so formulaic and end so nonsensically.

[Terri · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Hauntley's have a new guest at their Inn. Little baby Bathilda. The kids are convinced she is a vampire and the one responsible for the holes in their bike tires and soccer balls. Only is she? Cute.