Meet Sally and Gus - the crackerjack emergency medical services team who come to help when someone is sick or injured. But the someones in their world are a little unearthly --which means they're on the Emergency Monster Squad! Ride along with these everyday heroes as they drive their amboolance to answer the calls of a zombie with chest pains, a fractured skeleton, and a very pregnant kraken mama. It's a hair-raising job, but someone's gotta do it - and you never know what will happen when they crank up their siren and flash those lights!
Dave Horowitz has written and illustrated a number of children's book classics including Never Satisfied, The Ugly Pumpkin, Five Little Gefiltes, Twenty-six Pirates, and Humpty Dumpty Climbs Again. He lives in New York's Hudson Valley.
Title: Emergency Monster Squad
Author: Horowitz, Dave
ISBN: 9780399548505
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Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books
Publication Date: 2020-09-25
Number of Pages: 32
Weight: 0.3301 kg
Even monsters have their off days sometimes and need expert help. In this humorous rhyming book that acts as a simple explanation of EMTs' important work and their equipment, Gus, an EMT and 'amboolance' driver, is blue and has three eyes, two yellow horns, and fangs-a monster, in other words. . . . The book does double duty. While it aims to be somewhat straightforward about EMTs' duties, it's packaged as a light monster story-appealing to child audiences, especially around Halloween. It provides some useful information; numerous items (some tongue-in-cheek) are labeled throughout; and there's even a glossary. . . . The rhymes are bouncy and witty, and onomatopoeic sound effects are included in large capitals where needed to add drama. The comical, energetic illustrations are attention grabbers; the monsters are laughably weird and nonfrightening. Here's one to have fun with as we cheer for essential medical personnel. -Kirkus Reviews
This lively picture book in rhyming verse follows paramedic Sally (a pale human) and EMT Gus (a blue three-eyed monster) as they answer calls in their 'amboolance.' They pick up a sick zombie, an injured skeleton, and a kraken whose eggs are hatching prematurely, and transport them to the hospital. Mixed-media illustrations in bold colors combine humor and information to excellent effect; there are labels for serious things such as medical equipment as well as for sillier things like hats. Despite the book's population of monsters (vampires and a mummy appear as well), the text provides solid information about the work of EMTs (including an appended glossary), making this a good choice for reading all year round. -Horn Book
