Stars: 5
Review by: Mandy Apgar
Today (July
5th) is the "gotcha" day of our cat Chester, whom was named after a
central character in this book by his foster family. And he is very much
like his namesake in a few ways. But the tale
unfolds when the Munroe family returns from the movies with a large box -
at a late night screening of the 1931 Dracula they happened upon a
small black and white male rabbit. The bunny is christened "Bunnicula"
and joins the family dog Harold (who, being
part Russian wolfhound, can tell the scribbled note left on the rabbit
to 'take care of my baby' was written in an "obscure Carpathian
dialect") and Chester. Ah, Chester. A demented tabby cat who sees
conspiracies and paranoia everywhere, Chester concludes
that (after a mysterious white zucchini is found drained of juice) that
Bunnicula is a vampire rabbit. Leaving his pen at night, he joins
whatever unholy crusade vampire bunnies do (for there MUST be one) and
drains the family vegetables of their juices. And
of course, as things turn out here and in subsequent books, he is
actually right. But after he takes some instructions too literally and
tries to hit the bunny with a meaty steak instead of the sharpened
wooden kind, the Munroes think he is out of his wits.
Eventually Chester finds a cat psychiatrist, Harold is left dreaming of
chocolate cupcakes, and little Bunnicula is placed on a liquid diet.
Veterinarian's orders!
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