This is a laugh-out-loud funny and devilish send-up of Ludwig Bemelmans’s Madeline for little monsters everywhere.
Frankenstein is the scariest of all the monsters in Miss Devel’s castle. He can frighten anything - animals, parents, even rocks. Until one night, Miss Devel wakes up and runs downstairs to find that Frankenstein has lost his head!
Frankenstein by Rick Walton and illustrated by Nathan Hale is a delightful twist on a classic story that parents and kids can both enjoy together. This is the perfect funny picture book read for Halloween or the fall season.
Praise for Frankenstein:
Walton twists the classic rhymes of the original with glee (‘In two crooked lines, they bonked their heads / pulled out their teeth / and wet their beds’) while Hale reenacts each scene with devilish mayhem.
-Booklist
The illustrations have traded sunny yellow for pumpkin orange backgrounds and make comically sly allusions to the original title.
-Kirkus Reviews