LET'S GET SPOOKY

Tour a series of terrifying settings in this Czech import.

Six sites await. First up, Dracula’s Castle, inhabited by fanged vampires with an unslakable thirst for blood. Then it’s on to a ghastly graveyard, a frightening forest filled with mysterious lights and sinister sounds, and a narrow, dark street where a headless knight, a ghostly woman, and ruthless robbers all lurk. Next up: an abandoned house where terrible ghosts loom and, finally, a wicked warlock’s tower—be careful, lest you be turned into a frog or ant! Two spreads are devoted to each setting; brief background or historical descriptions of each spooky scene fill one spread, while the other features an intricately detailed seek-and-find challenge. Against shadowy backgrounds and tortured Gothic architecture, incredibly elaborate scenes of mystery and mayhem unfold. Text presented in spidery scripts challenges readers to count all the candles or locate hard-to-locate items. Spectral servants, bizarre inhabitants, decayed furnishings, and odd doings—like a raccoon in the bath or a sleepwalker on the roof—abound. Corners hold skulls, cobwebs, cauldrons, dragons, and more—enough to keep determined readers occupied for hours. The fantastically somber and eerie illustrations spirit this book into the higher realms of delicious horror. Characters vary in skin tone.

A spellbinding excursion into scary, sometimes amusing, and enthrallingly illustrated settings.