Harold, the dog, notices that they return with a small bundle. The novel introduces the Monroes, including the boys, Pete and Toby, as they return home from the movies on a dark and stormy night. Deborah suggested that he writes a children's book.
Īccording to publisher Simon & Schuster sometime before 2002, James Howe dreamed up "a vampire rabbit named Bunnicula" in the mid-1970s and he thinks he was inspired by "movie versions of Dracula". It has been reissued numerous times, perhaps all with the original illustrations by Alan Daniel. The novels are narrated by Harold the family dog.ĭeborah Howe died in June 1978, about ten months before the book was released, and James Howe wrote the sequels alone. The series chronicles the adventures of the Monroe family and their pets, Harold the dog, Chester the cat, and Bunnicula the rabbit.
Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the novel as one of the "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children".
Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery is a children's novel written by Deborah Howe and James Howe, illustrated by Alan Daniel, and published by Atheneum Books in 1979.
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