Vampire vs. the Beach A Summer Halloween Story

Get ready for the fight of the season in Festive Feuds, a rollicking picture book series featuring beloved and iconic characters competing to see who will come out on top. In this sun-soaked showdown, a crew of Halloween monsters crashes summer vacation with spooky beach antics, serving up a “Summerween” to remember—perfect for fans of Leprechaun vs. Easter Bunny and Turkey vs. Santa!

A vampire and his monster friends are excited to have some fun in the sun—but they're thwarted by beachgoers who insist that Halloween belongs in the fall! The spooky friends do their best to turn everyone’s summer festivities into a monster mash, but the feuding between fans of Halloween and fans of summertime soon reaches a boiling point. Can the groups find a way to have double the fun? A Summerween party might be the perfect solution!

Read all the books in the Festive Feuds series:
Leprechaun vs. Easter Bunny
Turkey vs. Santa
​Vampire vs. the Beach
Groundhog vs. Cupid

Todd Tarpley is the author of numerous children's books including Groundhog vs. Cupid, Turkey vs. Santa, Leprechaun vs. Easter Bunny, Three Grumpy Trucks, Ten Tiny Toes, Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep! (an ALA Notable Book), and Naughty Ninja Takes a Bath, which spent several days as the #1 children's book on Amazon. His books have been featured in the New York Times; included on Best Books of the Year lists by Huffington Post, Chicago Public Library, and Bank Street College; and translated into Chinese, German, Italian, and Danish. Todd invites you to visit him online at toddtarpley.com.

Giovanni Abeille was born and raised in Naples, Italy. He has been an upholsterer, salesman, banker, toolmaker, set dresser, and even a fireman—but drawing has always been his passion. He studied at the Naples Academy of Fine Arts and has worked as an artist for more than 20 years, illustrating books such as Turkey vs. Santa by Todd Tarpley, Rose Spoke Out: The Story of Rose Schneiderman by Emma Carlson Berne, and Too Many Stinkbugs by Debbie Urbanski, among others. When not illustrating, he loves spending time with his family. He invites you to visit him on Instagram @illustrations_gio.