Дебора Хоу - The Celery Stalks At Midnight

En route to finding Bunnicula, driving tiny stakes through whatever white vegetables lie in their paths and thereby saving the town of Centerville, the threesome have more than their share of adventures, including an encounter with an ill-tempered white cat named Snowball and an unexpected trip to the town dump.

Finally the strange actions of everyone in town, including Toby and Pete Monroe, convince Chester that he may be too late, that Bunnicula and his minion vegetables may have taken over the town. Chester and his merry band race to save what souls they can. But, of course, Chester has been known to be wrong before.

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JAMES HOWE began his writing career with Bunnicula , which was published in 1979. This book and his next, Teddy Bear’s Scrapbook , were co-authored with his late wife, Deborah. Bunnicula has received numerous awards as a favorite among children throughout the U.S. and Canada and has been published in several foreign-language editions as well. Howe so enjoyed writing as Harold—the shaggy dog narrator of Bunnicula —that he went on to write further adventures for these characters, including Howliday Inn , The Celery Stalks at Midnight , and Nighty-Nightmare .

The author’s other books for children include Morgan’s Zoo , A Night Without Stars , and the Sebastian Barth mystery series.

James Howe lives with his wife, Betsy Imershein, and their daughter, Zoey, in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.

Jacket art copyright © 1983

by Leslie Morrill

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Atheneum Books for Young Readers

An imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division

1230 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10020

Text copyright © 1983 by James Howe

Illustrations copyright © 1983 by Leslie H. Morrill

All rights reserved including the right of reproduction

in whole or in part in any form.

Composition by Service Typesetters, Austin, Texas

Designed by Mary Ahern

First Edition 1983

Printed and bound by Fairfield Graphics, Fairfield, Pennsylvania

20 19 18

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Howe, James.

The celery stalks at midnight.

Sequel to: Bunnicula / Deborah and James Howe and to:

Howliday Inn / James Howe.

summary: Chester the cat is more than ever convinced

that Bunnicula is a vampire when there is a harvest

of white vegetables on the morning after

the night that Bunnicula was probably wandering

through the neighborhood.

[l. Rabbits—Fiction. 2. Cats—Fiction.

3. Vampires—Fiction] I. Morrill, Leslie H.,

ill. II. Title.

PZ7.H83727Ce 1983 [Fic] 83-2665

ISBN 0-689-30987-2

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