Hanging with Vampires: A Totally Factual Field Guide to the Supernatural - Couverture souple

Fitzpatrick, Insha

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ISBN 10 : 1683693418 ISBN 13 : 9781683693413

Editeur : Quirk Books, 2023

Synopsis

Discover everything about vampires in this laugh-out-loud nonfiction handbook packed with spooky legends, fascinating history, and weird facts perfect for middle-grade readers and mythology fans!

Are vampires real? Who was Vlad the Impaler? Do vampire bats ever feed on humans? Find out in Hanging with Vampires, a field guide for the curious and the adventurous. Crack open the lid on this guide and you’ll get:

• Bloodcurdling vampire mythology! What exactly is a vampire, anyway?

• Spine-chilling history and science! Uncover how the vampire legend got its start in the medieval ages. 

• A who’s who of vampires! Get to know classic, iconic, and terrifying vampires in pop culture, from Dracula to Adventure Time. 

Hanging with Vampires is the first book in the Totally Factual Field Guide to the Supernatural series, a hilarious and haunting exploration of how myths and legends shape our lives. Sink your fangs into vampire lore and literature with enchanting illustrations and fun activities, like making garlic bread. It’s a spooky world out there–grab your guide, and let’s go!

Look for the next volume, Chilling with Ghosts, for another frightfully good read!

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Insha Fitzpatrick is a New Jersey–based author who loves all things horror. She’s the writer of Who Sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott: Rosa Parks (Who HQ), illustrated by Abelle Hayford. She’s also the cowriter of the middle-grade graphic novel series Oh My Gods! with Stephanie Cooke and illustrator Juliana Moon. When she’s not writing, she’s watching horror movies or reality TV and deep-diving into all things true crime.

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Are Vampires Real?

Welcome! Whether you picked up this field guide out of sheer boredom or keen curiosity, let me be the first to welcome you on your journey into the unknown. If you love terrifying tales and bone-chilling legends, you’re in the right place. If you hate all that stuff, that’s cool, too! Stick around. This field guide has it all: Science! History! Gross facts! Not-so-gross facts! Cute bats! A really good garlic bread recipe! Seriously, don’t go. Come back! Please!

UH . . . WHO ARE YOU?

Excellent question, hypothetical reader! I’m your guide to the weird world of the supernatural. In this book, I’ll cover everything there is to know about vampires, and then some. It’s like the saying goes: knowledge is power against bloodsucking children of the night.

THE ELEPHANT-ER, VAMPIRE IN THE ROOM

Vampires?! Are they even real? Well, the answer is: yes and no.
     When you think of the classic vampire, you’re probably imagining a spooky undead being who stalks the night, looking for their next innocent human to suck blood from. Or perhaps you’re imagining a sparkly, glamorous vampire who goes to high school. Maybe this vampire can turn into a bat, likes to sleep in a coffin, and has fangs pointy enough to make a dentist faint.
     That kind of vampire, the vampires in books and movies and our imaginations? They don’t exist. At least, not in the real world. You’re not going to run into a vampire sucking on a blood bag like it’s a juice box while you’re walking the dog or biking to school.
     But what if I told you that there is more to vampires than just a guy in a cape who can turn into a bat? The vampire legend has to come from somewhere, right? That’s where things get interesting.
     Vampire lore has its roots in real-life history, science, and culture. The same goes for just about any supernatural legend. There’s a story behind everything. You just have to know where to look.

WHAT’S IN THIS THING?

In this guide, we’re going to bust that coffin wide open and shine a light on the mystery of how the vampire legend got started and how vampires became such a big deal. We’ll dig into all the basics with Vampires 101, study up on the history of vampires, and meet terrifying vampire-like supernatural creatures from all around the world!
     The world is a spooky, weird, and awesome place. This field guide is here to help you on your journey as you explore the supernatural.
So, whenever you’re ready, let’s go! And by go, I mean keep reading. This is a book, after all.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Quirk Books
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1683693418
• ISBN 13: 9781683693413
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Simon and Schuster Netherlands BV; info@simonandschuster.nl; ; Herculesplein 96; Utrecht; 3584 AA; Pays-Bas