A review by fairislemeadow
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Picture Book by Kim Smith

3.0

This was a cute picture book - if you completely ignore the TV show's main premise and continuity. First of all, the book shows Buffy kicking a vampire into dust instead of staking it. Then, in a flashback, 8-year-old Buffy, Xander, and Willow (Buffy didn't even meet her friends until high school) team up to face the monsters in her closet, with help from elementary-school librarian Giles (again, doesn't fit with continuity). I was hoping this book would be a simplified version of the actual TV show - kind of like a Buffy "primer," but I guess they had a hard time making it kid-friendly? The illustrations were cute at least, and I enjoyed the cameos from the show's monsters-of-the-week.