Ann Hodgmanová je americká autorka, která se věnuje zejména psaní pro děti. Její díla se často vyznačují bystrým humorem a pronikavým pohledem na zdánlivě všední záležitosti. Kromě rozsáhlé tvorby pro mladé čtenáře se věnovala také psaní kulinářských a humoristických knih, kde dokázala zúročit svůj jedinečný styl a pozorovatelský talent. Její eseje se objevily ve významných sbírkách a její knihy často zkoumají neobvyklé náměty s nečekanou hloubkou.
Meg, her friend Voldar, and "Batboy," an injured baby bat, must complete a dangerous mission at the vampire castle ordered by her bloodsucking ex-babysitter--or else she will be the next vampire in Drazylvonia.
Eleven-year-old Meg is not happy that her mother insists on hiring a babysitter for her and her younger brother, especially one with pointed teeth and a fondness for biting people's necks.
Meg and her friend Kelly are babysitting and trying also to keep away a vampire.
C.D. Bitesky realizes he has a big problem when his fifth-grade teacher asks everyone in class to bring in an old family recipe for a Thanksgiving celebration. Sure, his Transylvanian ancestors all had their favorite nourishment--but then vampires have such peculiar tastes!
The ""chances grow smaller every year that you will die in childbirth"" is only one of many amusing reasons why people should look on the bright side of getting older in this amusing book about aging and the later years in one's life. Original. 60,000 first printing."