Le bus 666 #[nn]

Route 666 has never looked quite like this — the cover of this 2020 French-language release from Éditions Thierry Magnier presents a wonderfully unsettling bus bearing that ominous number, its front end designed like a grinning, fanged creature with glowing yellow eyes barreling through a murky purple haze. Peering through the windshield is a motley crew of passengers: a wide-eyed kid in round glasses, a grinning little devil girl, a skeletal driver with teal hair, a scowling figure to the right, ghostly shapes in the back, and a spider lurking in the shadows outside. The work of Colin Thibert, Sylvie Nordheim, and Édith Chambon, this delightfully creepy album strikes a perfect balance between spooky atmosphere and playful charm that should appeal to young readers with a taste for the eerie.