ABSTRACT

Like Calvin’s father, once I could only see my son as a little boy. I was sometimes as shocked as he was with Calvin’s behavior when between the ages of about three and seven, his mother and I had to put up with the sudden appearance of werewolves in our home. We grew to expect the arrival of vampires, zombies, mummies, giants, witches, dragons, demons, and hunchbacks. In addition we became acquainted with various creatures that appeared from swamps, caves, forests, outer space, black lagoons, and mad scientists’ laboratories.