Shelley Frankenstein! (Book One): CowPiggy by Colleen Madden

Launching a new graphic novel series for young middle-grade readers! Shelley Frankenstein loves to create scary monsters, but for some reason they always turn out cute…until this time.

Shelley Frankenstein is a little girl with a rather infamous family heritage! She loves to be scared and assumes all other kids feel the same. To prove her theory, Shelley and her assistant brother, Iggy, set about creating new toys to horrify their playground peers. But all of their experiments backfire in a completely unexpected way. What a disappointment!

Then one day, they stumble upon a pretty spooky place—the Frankenstein family graveyard—which gives Shelley an idea for the ULTIMATE monster…CowPiggy! Will this new creation send everyone running in terror, like a proper monster should? Or will love and silliness triumph? Find out in this delightfully upside-down graphic novel from best-selling artist Colleen Madden.

After spending her childhood doodling, making Wookiee noises, and pretending to be other interesting people, Colleen Madden grew up to write and draw children’s literature so she could keep doing those things. Her works as an author/illustrator include Monkey Walk, A Christmas Too Big, and The Kiddie Table. She illustrated the best-selling series What If Everybody Did That? and Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas Is You. Shelley Frankenstein is her first graphic novel series.

Author Residence: Philadelphia, PA, USA

Author Hometown: Chicago, IL, USA