What happens when a vampire awakens from a 300 year slumber due to a sneeze? He goes to the doctor of course.
The Adventures of Count Chlorophyll is a children’s picture book series illustrating the importance of choosing nutritious and healthy foods. In the very first issue a sickly Count Chlorophyll heads to his former doctor - only to find out that she, not he - is the great-great-great-great-great granddaughter of his former practitioner. Now, with his new doctor’s medical advice in mind, the Count embarks on a grocery store visit (disguised with a trench coat, hat, and sunglasses no less) to purchase fruits and vegetables for what will become his life long journey towards living a healthy lifestyle. Devoid of fang punctures and bloodlust, the Count encounters many new characters, challenges, and temptations, becoming a vampire who falls in love with green shakes which ultimately turns his tongue green.
What is Chlorophyll?
Chlorophyll is any of several related green pigments found in the mesosomes of cyanobacteria, as well as in the chloroplasts of algae and plants. Its name is derived from the Greek words χλωρός, khloros and φύλλον, phyllon. Chlorophyll is essential in photosynthesis, allowing plants to absorb energy from light. Wikipedia
As a series, the picture books’ on-going subject matter depicts a vampire whose newly sparked interest in healthy diets leads him on a path of discovery and of greater understanding. From organic foods to sinister scientists in the lab, Count Chlorophyll awakens to a crazy new world of genetic manipulation, hippies, and a fruit bat cousin living in central America. In true telling there’s no adventure Count Chlorophyll doesn’t become a part of: both historically as well as currently. Issue after issue, clever storylines and appeasing illustrations come to lead a life of its own as they disseminate onto children (and the parents who read to them nightly) engaging plot lines and simplistic outcomes that teach kids why they should truly eat their broccoli whenever it’s presented.
As a nutritionist, author Beau Caza has pondered time and time again on how to encourage young children (and the parents who care for them) into eating healthier. What better way (he discovered) then to use a famous character predominantly known for drinking blood? The answer is simple: if Count Chlorophyll will eventually try it - even at dinner time - your children likely will too. The Adventures of Count Chlorophyll is set to become the newest hit for engaged children. As health and improved immunity becomes more vitality important in the years following a global pandemic, The Adventures of Count Chlorophyll stands to fill in the gaps nutritiously to engage children in the importance of eating healthy.
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