An Usborne Rhyming Story.
"In Transylvania there's a town.
By the name of Vampton-on-the-Down.
Above the town a castle sits
With turrets, moat and pointy bits . . .
Philip Hawthorn's hilarious narrative verse is both inventive and easy-to-read, and is matched in wit and vitality by Kim Blundell's lively illustrations. Read it to yourself or read it aloud, if you dare, and find out what happens when Countess Dracula is left with the fangless task of terrorising the town while the Count takes a vacation.