She decides she's not a proper vampire or fairy, and is left with the same problem of working out who or what she is. Unlike the other vampires, she has wings, but when they all go flying together, everyone else is really fast except Isadora, who just flaps about and crashes into the others after a break for tomato juice (which she hates), Pink Rabbit wants to play and Isadora's bat, which she's failing to train, gets bored and flies out of an open window with all the other pupil's bats, angering the teacher and finally, during grooming class, Isadora's wild fairy hair won't be tamed into a slick straight shiny perm like all her peers. She learns to fly, to train bats and groom herself. Thinking she's really more of a vampire than a fairy, she sleepily goes to vampire school, which takes place at nighttime. She bungles her attempt to magic up a cake by making a carrot that grows bat wings and gets bigger and bigger she's made to wear a tutu in dance class that isn't her favourite black one but instead is fairy-approved pink (which she hates) and makes her dance badly and while out collecting plants for flower garlands she mistakenly forages a sacred mushroom that makes her skin turn red. She tries both schools, first learning wand waving, dancing and making wreaths at fairy school. But whatever she is, Pink Rabbit, her best friend, is going with her. She can't decide if she's one or the other. Half fairy, half vampire, Isadora Moon is given the choice by her fairy mother and vampire father to go either to fairy school or vampire school. Not what I usually pick up, but I want to read loads more books aimed at children. Told with sweetness and humor, as well as touching earnestness, this book will likely resonate for many children who feel "different" or might help develop empathy in the child who needs to welcome someone who perhaps feels that he or she doesn't quite fit in. ![]() Perhaps the human children, whom she's seen pass by their house on the way to human school, might help her find a place where she belongs. She tries vampire school and fairy school for one day and doesn't feel like she fits in either place. She likes some things fairies do, and dislikes some. She loves some things that vampires do, and dislikes some. Isadora feels torn between the two, because she is both vampire and fairy. Her vampire father naturally thinks she will thrive in vampire school, while her fairy mother thinks she will adore fairy school. This first book introduces us to Isadora's family and she receives the surprising news that she must start attending school. ![]() The stories are well-written, the characters all feel well-drawn. The illustrations are full of the most darling details that always make me smile. ![]() 4.5 STARS I adore these Isadora Moon books! They are so charming and fun.
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