EEN GRIEZELMEISJE (HORROR GIRL)year:
2006
genre:
picture book, 36 p.
publisher:
illustrator:
Isabelle Vandenabeele
age:
8+, grown upsIsabelle Vandenabeele
age:
rights sold:
French (Éditions du Rouergue)
Spanish (Spain) (Barbara Fiore)
Another text that I wrote to already-existing images by Isabelle Vandenabeele. It's her variation of the classical tale about Bluebeard, more suited for grown-ups maybe, or for kids that like to shiver: one day Louise realises that her life has become boring. She used to be a horror-loving girl, who dared anything and who adored bad boys, like Rotten Boy. Louise wants to do something exciting and goes to Shiver Forest. When she is attacked by a wolf, Rotten Boy rescues her. He takes her to his castle and then leaves her alone. He forbids her to open some of the doors, but of course a horror girl never obeys. This way, Louise discovers that Rotten Boy collects women heads. She can leave the castle just in time and sets a trap for Rotten Boy.
