A Valentine for Frankenstein Format: Library Bound

A Valentine's Day–Halloween mash-up for kids who think smooching is pretty gross!

Frankenstein isn't your typical monster. For starters, he only has one head, just two eyes, and no tail. And worst of all, he's sort of nice! Frankenstein quickly realizes his friendly behavior is out of place at the Valentine's Day Bash.

There's one monster, though, who likes that Frankenstein is different. Can Frankenstein figure out the identity of his secret valentine? And can the other monsters finally accept Frankenstein for the monster that he is?

Leslie Kimmelman is the author of more than fifty children's picture books and early readers, both fiction and nonfiction, including Everybody Says Shalom, a Sydney Taylor Honor Book, and We're Amazing, 1, 2, 3! A Story About Friendship and Autism, the book that first introduced Sesame Street's Julia. Leslie was a children's book editor for many years, including almost twenty-five years at Sesame Workshop. She lives in the New York City area. Please visit her at lesliekimmelman.com.

Timothy Banks is an award-winning artist and illustrator from Charleston, South Carolina. He's created character designs for Nike, Nickelodeon, and Cartoon Network; quirky covers for Paste magazine; and lots of children's books with titles like There's A Norseman in My Classroom and The Frankenstein Journals. Also he's had the honor to be featured in Lurzer's Archive's "200 Best Illustrators Worldwide," and his work has been shown at Gallery Nucleus LA. He also recently wrote and illustrated a monster book opus for his hometown entitled Monsters in Charleston. You can find him most days painting and watching alligators swim by in his backyard.