Vampires Dont Wear Polka Dots: A Graphix Chapters Book (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, #1) By Pearl Low

Obsessed with these books as a kid. This adaptation has minimal text and perfect spookiness for a 3rd grader :) Vampires Dont Wear Polka Dots: A Graphix Chapters Book (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, #1) The Bailey School Kids is what got me reading chapter books and fantasy when I was a kid. While this was super cute, I do think that the story is a bit too short and incomplete in comparison to the original. However, it is just as fun as I remembered! Vampires Dont Wear Polka Dots: A Graphix Chapters Book (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, #1) I loved The Bailey School Kids books as a kid and read every single one that was available in my school, but Vampires Don’t Wear Polka Dots was definitely my favourite of the series. While the graphic novel isn’t as in-depth with the story it’s still going to be a little fun creepy story for young readers and hopefully get them excited about reading and want to pick up the original stories. Vampires Dont Wear Polka Dots: A Graphix Chapters Book (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, #1) The Bailey school kids is a classic beginning chapter book series for kids it has been around for decades. Just recently they started to turn the classic books into a graphic novel series coming out a scholastic called graphics. The graphics are fine and lovely kids will see them and enjoy them. However the graphic novels turn the kids into little snot that are really quite annoying where in the chapter books they are precocious and curious and not necessarily obnoxious but in the book they’re obnoxious so for me this is it A total fail it’s not bad but not something I would gravitate to or probably recommend. If you want a good beginning chapter graphic novel choose Cleo in Fritz automatic treehouse Vampires Dont Wear Polka Dots: A Graphix Chapters Book (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, #1) I absolutely loved The Bailey School Kids upon growing up and was thrilled they’re making it into a graphic novel series. Like others in their reviews I was a little disappointed by the book. It was a super quick read. I read the entire thing in about 15 minutes and that made the cost of the book not worth it. It is probably meant for younger kids than the original series and it was super simplified and the art was a little too simplified and cheesy. This will probably be the only copy I buy for my 4th graders. Vampires Dont Wear Polka Dots: A Graphix Chapters Book (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, #1)

All is not what it seems at Bailey Elementary in the first graphic novel adaptation of this classic chapter book series.
The third graders at Bailey Elementary are so hard to handle that all of their teachers have quit. But their new teacher, Mrs. Jeepers, is different -- to say the least. She's just moved from the Transylvanian Alps into a spooky old house in Bailey City. She wears a mysterious brooch that glows as green as her eyes. Could Mrs. Jeepers be a vampire?

Featuring a beloved story by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones and fresh, funny artwork by Academy Award winner Pearl Low, Vampires Don't Wear Polka Dots brings the Bailey School Kids into the graphic novel format for the first time.

Graphix series are ideal books for even the youngest readers. With funny, simple text, unforgettable characters, illustrations that support comprehension, and approachable story lengths, these books grow newly independent readers' confidence and turn them into lifelong book lovers! Vampires Dont Wear Polka Dots: A Graphix Chapters Book (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, #1)

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The Bailey Elementary School third graders were not likable characters. They forced their previous teacher to quit with their mean pranks and planned to force their new teacher, Mrs. Jeepers, to quit as well. Eddie and Melody declined Mrs. Jeepers' invitation to visit her home and instead snuck into her basement late one night. They suffered no consequences for their trespassing. It made me feel uncomfortable that Mrs. Jeepers invited her students into her home in the first place.

I wished there were a conclusion to this novel. It was not directly stated whether or not Mrs. Jeepers was a vampire. I wished the students had solved the mystery and either determined that Mrs. Jeepers was a vampire or found some logical explanations for why she behaved like one. I loved the Bailey School Kids series as a child, but was ultimately disappointed when reading this graphic adaptation as an adult. Vampires Dont Wear Polka Dots: A Graphix Chapters Book (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, #1) The students of Bailey Elementary School are getting a new teacher.
One of their classmates likes to act out, but their new teacher, Mrs. Jeepers, just has to rub her green brooch she wears and things may change.
She may also be a vampire, but vampires don't wear polka dots, do they?

I LOVE LOVE LOVE that Debbie Dadey's long-standing youth mystery series has been rebooted for a new generation in Graphic Novel format. Pearl Low illustrates the kids younger than I remember them being, but I could be wrong. I often remember recesses spent DEVOURING the latest Bailey School Kids mystery. If you aren't familiar with the series, the premise is that a new adult (with a new job) somewhere in town, resembles or exhibits traits of a fantastical, spooky or legendary figure (Leprechauns, Banshees, Dracula, Ghosts, Merlin, Mermaids, Santa, etc.) in jobs that you definitely wouldn't see them in, but the kids set out to prove that the adult is the figure of myth or horror they are, but do they succeed? That's always the twist, which is the exciting part, as the books build up all the reasons why YES, they are, but...are they?

The downside of this novelization of the Bailey School Kids is that it cut out a lot of the suspense and more than two reasons why Mrs. Jeepers is or isn't who she appears to be, but for a generation unfamiliar with the books, it will be a quick, fun and just slightly spooky read, with fun illustrations. Vampires Dont Wear Polka Dots: A Graphix Chapters Book (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, #1) I love the original Bailey School Kids books, but I did not care for this new graphic novel. The art style is too cutesy. And is it just me or is there an added character here? I don't remember this character at all, and they barely say two words in the graphic novel. It was confusing for me at first because I'm so used to just those core characters. Anyway, I wish this had gotten a better graphic novel like Magic Tree House did. The Bailey School Kids deserve more. Still, I'm giving it two stars for staying close to the original story. I just wish the art style was different. Vampires Dont Wear Polka Dots: A Graphix Chapters Book (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, #1) I know I'm no longer the target demo for this series but I have super fond memories of these books and the graphic novel just didn't live up to them Vampires Dont Wear Polka Dots: A Graphix Chapters Book (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, #1) the Bailey School Kids were probably the reason i got into reading when i was a kid (though i usually credit that to the Everest series by Gordon Korman), theyre fun little stories about a group of friends trying to determine who is and who is not supernatural in their small town/school. While i don’t remember the actual plot of any of the original stories (i vaguely have memories of the kids in a cave??), the formula for the stories is pretty self explanatory and i was excited to get back into the world after years of never seeing this fun little group.

The graphic novel is, i would say, probably for younger readers than the original stories. It was a fairly surface level story that i read in 15 minutes, but i had a great time! I loved seeing the characters i grew up with drawn to life, and their outfits changed for different school days!! I also loved a small scene with Melody where she tells Eddie “you do NOT have permission to touch my hair”. Not sure if that was part of the original story or not, but I really liked the subtle messaging in this story.
My only issue with the book is the ending, but that’s mostly because i don’t remember the original ending for this story! Will there be more of Mrs. Jeepers? Was that the end of her story? What was with her brooch? Anyway, i would like to reread the original series if i can ever get my little possum hands on them, but until then i will be waiting for more of these babies to come out! Vampires Dont Wear Polka Dots: A Graphix Chapters Book (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, #1)