My Headteacher is a Vampire Rat

By Pamela Butchart and Thomas Flintham

Winner of The FCGB Children's Book Award 2016.

The third zippy and zany tale by Pamela Butchart sees Izzy and her friends plunged into more primary-school craziness. This time, they decide that their new head teacher is a vampire rat, based on his being slightly scary, having the blinds drawn in his office during the day and the fact he's banned garlic bread at lunchtimes. Now they just have to come up with a plan to vanquish him.

'The book is as accessible as it is hilarious, with entertaining line drawings from Thomas Flintham and easy-to-read prose that cleverly sneaks in the odd tricky word.' - The Independent

'The new head teacher at Izzy's school must be a vampire! After all, he wears a cape, hates garlic and turns bright red in the sunlight. Izzy and her friends set out to uncover the truth as their imaginations get the better of them in this very funny story' - The Federation of Children's Book Groups

• Language: English
• Publisher: Nosy Crow
• Release date: Jan 9, 2015
• ISBN: 9780857632906

Pamela Butchart

Pamela lives in Dundee with her baby boy and their two awesome cats, Bear & Carlos. If she wasn't working as a writer and a teacher she'd like to open a luxury hotel for stray cats. As a child, Pamela was lucky enough to grow up in a house full of pets and go to a primary school where lots of spooky and weird things happened (well, in her imagination at least). As a student, Pamela's student jobs included: fishwife, teaching basketball in America, phlebotomist and Artist Liaison for a (really bad) Abba tribute band. Her top selling stories include The Spy Who Loved School Dinners which won the Blue Peter Best Story Award and My Head Teacher is a Vampire Rat which won The Children's Book Award. Two of her books, Petunia Perry and the Curse of the Ugly Pigeon and There's a Werewolf in My Tent, were shortlisted for the Lollies - the Laugh Out Loud Awards.