obsessed with, and she became spooked, causing her to pedal faster. When Mona and Fang were back home, they were sick and tired from the storm. Mona's mother made them hot chocolate, sent them straight to the bath and then to bed. That night, Mona had nightmares about "wicked witches and ghostly ghouls". In the morning, Mona put away all the parts of her vampire costume and decided to get over her obsession with vampires. The story ends that night as Mona's father reads Mona and Fang a bedtime story about space invaders. Reception A 1991 Publishers Weekly magazine article described Mona the Vampire as a "droll debut [that] features vivid, cartoony art replete with outlandish images that will tickle kids' funnybones, and maybe other bones as well." It also claimed that the book is suitable for ages 4-9. In a 2007 article of the Canadian regional newspaper Waterloo Region Record (at the time known as The Record), editor Lynn Haddrall mentioned that Mona the Vampire was one of the books that she found under a Christmas tree in the lobby during a Books for Kids event, along with Rude Ramsay and the Roaring Radishes by Margaret Atwood, and a picture book based on the animated film The Lion King. Haddrall described that these three book donations are "a good thing, because [Books for Kids needs] to provide books for many age levels." References 1990 children's books British children's books Mona the Vampire Vampires in written fiction Orchard Books books