Vampire Jam Sandwich - by Casey Lyall (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Once upon a time a vampire took a bite of a jam sandwich ... and a legend was born. Now the vampire jam sandwich roams the streets, looking for MORE JAM. Will yours be next?"--Provided by publisher.

Book Synopsis

Once upon a time a vampire took a bite of a jam sandwich . . . and a legend was born. Now the vampire jam sandwich roams the streets, looking for MORE JAM. Will yours be next?

A hilarious spooky picture book featuring a sneaky vampire, for fans of Creepy Carrots and How to Make Friends With a Ghost.

You may not have heard of the Vampire Jam Sandwich. But it's time you learned the truth.

Once upon a time, a vampire (maybe his name is Terrence) took a bite of a jam sandwich (maybe he thought the jam was . . . something else).

And you know what happens when a vampire bites you . . .

That's right. The jam sandwich has become . . . A VAMPIRE JAM SANDWICH. Terrifying, stalking the streets at night, sneaking into people's homes in an endless search for MORE JAM!

Kids and adults alike will be delighted by this sly jam-loving vampire and his jam sandwich legend, with hilarious tongue-in-cheek art from Nici Gregory. Can you trust your narrator? Is the Vampire Jam Sandwich real? Is your jam safe? Read on to find out . . .

Review Quotes

A Canadian Children's Book Centre's Best Book for Kids & Teens, Spring 2026
A 2026 Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year
A 2026-2027 Sunshine State Young Readers Award Nominee

PRAISE FOR Vampire Jam Sandwich

"Lyall's text begs to be read aloud in dramatically spooky tones, while Gregory's illustrations, rendered in a sepia-toned palette with pops of red, are deliciously creepy; the fang-gnashing, jam-drooling, unibrowed sandwich is a particular delight." --Kirkus Reviews

"[A] fun option for spooky but silly story times. . . . A perfectly silly book to add to all Halloween or spooky book collections." --School Library Journal

About the Author

CASEY LYALL lives in Southwestern Ontario where she also works at her local library (and waits for management to discover they're actually paying her to have fun). When she's not writing, Casey loves to bake, doodle and learn extremely groan-worthy jokes to tell her friends. Casey is the author of the humorous middle-grade mystery series Howard Wallace, P.I. and books A Spoonful of Frogs and Gnome Is Where the Heart Is.

NICI GREGORY started illustrating whilst still in primary school, drawing in the margins of her exercise books. After studying graphic design in Hamburg, Germany, she went on to work as an in-house illustrator for a marketing firm in Sheffield. When she realized her work in the margins (mostly animals in fancy clothes) continued to be her favorite and best work, she decided to leave the world of marketing for a full-time career in creating books for children. She has never looked back. Nici lives in Sheffield, England.