The Vampire's Vacation (6 page)

In this book, Josh sees a man dressed in black and assumes he’s a vampire. Have you ever accused a person of being mean or lazy or grumpy or sloppy or dumb or smart or rich or sad or
something
just because of how the person looked on the outside?

Have you ever heard the expression “You can’t judge a book by its cover”?

That means you should read what’s inside a book to find out what the book is about, not just look at the outside.

The same is true when you look at a person. As Josh found out in this book, the way to really learn about a person is by talking with that person.

In my travels, I am fortunate to meet many different kinds of people. I meet old people, young people, rich and poor people. I meet people of many different religions and many different skin colors. I meet able-bodied
people and people who have disabilities. I have met kind people and people not so kind.

The story of
The Vampire’s Vacation
was meant to be fun, but part of my reason for writing it was to remind us all that a person’s outward appearance has nothing to do with what that person is really like on the inside.

Happy reading!

Sincerely,

P.S. Here’s a picture of A to Z fan Emma Kimmel. Her mom is fellow children’s book author Elizabeth Cody Kimmel.

Please pay a visit to my Web site at
www.ronroy.com
.

Collect clues with Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose in their next exciting adventure,

THE WHITE WOLF

Dink and Josh pounded out of the tent and tore around the corner. They saw Abbi sitting with one eye pressed up against the telescope.

Ruth Rose and Wallis came running from the other direction.

“What’s wrong, honey?” Wallis asked.

“Somebody took the baby wolves!” Abbi cried.

“Took them? What do you mean?” Wallis asked. “How could anyone take them?”

“I saw it through the telescope!” Abbi insisted. “A man and a woman grabbed the puppies!”

Text copyright © 2004 by Ron Roy
Illustrations copyright © 2004 by John Steven Gurney
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Roy, Ron.
The vampire’s vacation / by Ron Roy ; illustrated by John Steven Gurney. — 1st ed.
   p. cm. — (A to Z mysteries) “A Stepping Stone Book.”
SUMMARY
: Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate a mysterious man in black who Josh believes is a vampire.
eISBN: 978-0-307-54866-5
[1. Vampires—Fiction. 2. Mystery and detective stories.] I. Gurney, John, ill.
II. Title. III. Series: Roy, Ron, 1940– . A to Z mysteries.
PZ7.R8139Vam 2004   [E]—dc21   2003006406

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