Vampyre
Age 10+
Picture Books
I am Vampyre.
Feared.
Despised.
I sleep in darkness.
I long for light.
From the dark depths of his vampyre world, a vampyre boy reflects on the joyous days of his childhood and his current life as a vampyre. Thought-provoking and atmospheric, Vampyre is a monumental picture book about identity, making choices and being true to oneself from award-wining author, Margaret Wild, with breathtaking illustrations by new illustrator, Andrew Yeo.
Creators
Margaret Wild is one of Australia’s most highly regarded and awarded children’s book authors. Some of her works include There's a Sea In My Bedroom, The Very Best of Friends, Old Pig, The Midnight Gang, Nighty Night!, Fox and Woolvs in the Sitee. Margaret has two titles in the Walker Classics series: Going Home and A Bit of Company, both illustrated by Wayne Harris.
Andrew Yeo is a talented new illustrator from Sydney, Australia. Vampyre is his first picture book.
Reviews
This is a sumptuous fable for the displaced or different, and for those who wish to protect both childhood and the natural world…Vampyre is a seminal work—a picture book which could be read by mature primary-age children through to adults, and should be promoted to families, schools, collectors and art connoisseurs.
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