When Harold the dog, Chester the cat, and Howie the puppy see a picture of Bunnicula the rabbit on a poster for magician, The Amazing Karlovsky, they jump to an alarming conclusion about vampire rabbits. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
James Howe began his writing career with
Bunnicula, which was published in 1979.
Bunnicula has received numerous awards as a favorite among children throughout the U.S. and Canada. It was also the basis of a popular television special, a record and a tape, and has been published in the United Kingdom, as well as in German- and French-speaking countries. Howe so enjoyed writing as Harold -- the shaggy dog narrator of
Bunnicula -- that he went on to write
Howliday Inn, The Celery Stalks at Midnight and
Nighty-Nightmare.
James Howe lives with his wife, Betsy Imershein, and their daughter, Zoe, in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.