Blood! Not Just a Vampire Drink

From Stacy McAnulty, author of the entertaining and informative STEM picture book series Our universe, which includes Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years, and Mars! Earthlings Welcome, comes an exciting picture book series focused on the science of the body. First up was Brains! Not Just a Zombie Snack, and now we have Blood! Not Just a Vampire Drink, with illustrations by Shawna J. C. Tenney, author-illustrator of Pirates Don’t Dance!

Welcome to I Don’t Vant to Suck Your Blood Smoothie Shop, where all products are 100% blood-free!

That’s good news for humans, but bad news for a thirsty vampire who just wants a pint of O-positive. With a little help from a friend, he’ll realize that blood isn’t a beverage. Humans need it! Blood delivers oxygen and nutrients, helps fight off infections, and so much more. So grab Blood! Not Just a Vampire Drink and a pineapple-spinach smoothie, and find out why blood is such a fabulous fluid.

Stacy McAnulty owns approximately nine pints of blood and is the author of many best-loved books, including Brains! Not Just a Zombie Snack, illustrated by Matthew Rivera; the Our Universe series, illustrated by David Litchfield and Stevie Lewis; and her debut nonfiction book for middle grade readers, Save the People! Halting Human Extinction. She lives in North Carolina with her three kids, three dogs, and one husband.

Shawna J. C. Tenney wonders if having type A+ blood helps her to make A+ artwork (hey, it’s possible! Okay, probably not). When she isn’t draining the life out of chocolate bars, she can be found in her studio creating
stories like her author-illustrated picture books, Pirates Don’t Dance! and Brunhilda’s Backwards Day. She lives in Utah with her two kids, two cats, and one husband.