The Terrortubbies and the Raven King

When the midnight hour comes, the Terrortubbies come out of their coffins to play. In their timeless, twilit realm, all the monsters of horror fiction are children, and the only authority figure is the frowning face of the Full Moon. Mary Shelley, Stoker, Lovecraft and Poe find adventure all around them – in their ramshackle mansion, the Dark Woods or beyond on the Ghost Train – but they always learn something, and always make it home in time for tea. When Poe’s pet raven, Usher, disappears, the Terrortubbies encounter the King of the Birds, and learn the real meaning of giving a gift. This story, drawing draw stylistically from Gothic and Victorian childrens' literature, is beautifully illustrated throughout.