A Valentine for Frankenstein

Frankenstein isn't your typical monster. For starters, he only has one head, just two eyes, and no tail. And worst of all, he's sort of nice! Frankenstein quickly realizes his friendly behavior is out of place at the Valentine's Day Bash.

There's one monster, though, who likes that Frankenstein is different. Can Frankenstein figure out the identity of his secret valentine? And can the other monsters finally accept Frankenstein for the monster that he is?

“"Frankenstein is really bad--at being a monster. He only has two eyes and no tail, he's kind of polite, and he's not even that disgusting. There's no way he'll be popular at the Valentine's Day Bash, where everyone is trying to be as revolting as possible. Frankenstein tries to be upbeat, so he slaps on a smile (literally) and his worst suit and heads to the dance, where he fails miserably at the cupcake-decorating contest (he uses glitter instead of fungus), the banana-slug-pie-eating contest (he's disqualified when he daintily wipes his mouth), and the belching contest ('You call that a burp?'). After this series of downers, even endless optimist Frankenstein is a little dejected, but what's this? Someone has slipped a valentine into his pocket! Could someone like him, even though he's not much of a monster, after all? There's never a dull moment in this Halloween-Valentine's Day mashup, and the frenetic, slime-covered illustrations give readers plenty to look at. A brightly colored, action-packed lesson in being yourself."--Booklist”

"[This] Valentine's Day–Halloween mash-up is ideal for kids who think smooching is pretty gross."—Publishers Weekly

Leslie Kimmelman is an award-winning author of dozens of books for children, both fiction and nonfiction. She lives in Ardsley, New York. Timothy Banks is an award-winning artist and illustrator from Charleston, South Carolina. He's created character designs for Nike, Nickelodeon, and Cartoon Network; quirky covers for Paste magazine; and lots of children's books with titles like There's A Norseman in My Classroom and The Frankenstein Journals. Also he's had the honor to be featured in Lurzer's Archive's "200 Best Illustrators Worldwide," and his work has been shown at Gallery Nucleus LA. He also recently wrote and illustrated a monster book opus for his hometown entitled Monsters in Charleston. You can find him most days painting and watching alligators swim by in his backyard.

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