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Bunnicula!

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Bunnicula is a series of books about a vampire rabbit and the family who own him. It's told from the point of view of the family pets, who figure out what Bunnicula is pretty darn quickly. And it's hysterically funny.

Harold, the family dog, tells the stories in a sort of long-suffering Watsonian style. Chester, the cat, is the one who figures out what Bunnicula is, and is a sort of very excitable (and demented) Sherlock Holmes. The author (James Howe) is an Arthur Conan Doyle stand-in. And Bunnicula? Bunnicula never says a word.

I loved the books as a kid, but it wasn't until I was older that I really appreciated the puns and humor of the books, and the way they play on so many genre tropes from detective and horror fiction.

The books are:
Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery
Howliday Inn
The Celery Stalks at Midnight
Return to Howliday Inn
Bunnicula Strikes Again!
Bunnicula Meets Edgar Allen Crow

All are available in both print and Kindle editions at Amazon for around $5 each.