Vampire Trouble

The Bailey City Monsters #3

by Marcia Thornton Jones, Debbie Dadey

The weird adult populace of Bailey City is rendered yet stranger with the arrival of Hauntly family of Hauntly Manor Inn, in particular Madame Hauntly, who cheers on the kids at soccer games but nevertheless sleeps in the dirt and bears fangs. Original.

Genres: Childrens

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

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

[Lizzie · Rating 5 out of 5]

i loved it!!!!!!!!

[paige turner ♡ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another pleasant story. I liked Madame Hauntly. I feel like, when I'm older, I could be Madame Hauntly.

As usual though, I get a little frustrated that I don't get all of the answers that I want, but it's still a really nice read. It's fun to talk about whether or not these people are real "monsters" or not and what other monsters could appear in these stories.

[Aurorasilverthorne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this with my twins. They absolutely loved it! Madame Hauntly is just adorable character. She and Mrs. Jeepers both are favorite characters of my kids in the Bailey School Kids and Bailey City Monsters series. I intend to keep reading these books to them in the future. Fun, exciting, cute and none too scary for younger children! A win for the entire family!

[Chelsie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bailey City is always filled with excitement. When the Hauntly family of the Haunlty Manor Inn comes into town, rumours start that Madame Hauntly is a vampire. She sleeps in dirt. Wears vampire inspired clothing, and tells interesting stories. But, is she really a vampire?

Bailey City Monsters always puts on a performance in the books. The moral of the story digs deeper - acceptance of those that are different. Great book for ages 8 and up.

Great "Halloween" themed story for kids!

[Molly]

A silly series that creates more questions than it answers. It's great for formulating theories as well as predictions. The class dynamics should be very familiar to those of the Magic School Bus generation.

[Jerome Otte · Rating 4 out of 5]

Madam Hauntley, Mrs. Jeepers’ mother, arrives at one of Bailey City’s inns. A fine story, even if it creates more questions than it answers (typical for these books). Hauntley puts on an intriguing performance, and, unlike the Bailey School Kids series this one actually has a clear moral.

[Angela · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book will be right up some kids "alley." Especially with the vampire frenzy in popular culture these days. I would recommend this book for middle to upper elementary grades.