Beschreibung:
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.
A hilarious day in the life of two EMS workers who drive an "amboolance," rushing to the aid of injured monsters.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!
ALL-AROUND SILLY FUN: The text, art, and glossary are all full of puns and goofy asides.FANTASTIC READ-ALOUD: Kids will get a kick out of the funny rhyming text.WACKY ILLUSTRATIONS: Dave uses his cut-paper art style to great effect here, creating a world of oddball monsters with big personalities.FUN APPROACH TO A UNIQUE TOPIC: There aren't many books about EMS, and setting the story in a world of monsters is a great twist.LOTS OF REAL-WORLD INFORMATION: Dave is an EMS worker, and an author's note and glossary expand on what EMS workers are and call out many of the medical-related items highlighted in the illustrations.