Elecopter

by Michael Slack, Michael Slack (Illustrator)

Overview

Fly along with Elecopter as she soars above the savannah, patrolling the skies with her fire-hose nose at the ready.

The other animals are safe and sound with Elecopter on the scene—Elecopter is a hero for all! Preschoolers are in for a treat in this chant-along companion to Monkey Truck.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781466848603
Publisher:	Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Publication date:	09/03/2013
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	34 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Michael Slack is the author of Monkey Truck. He is an artist and graphic designer whose work has been featured in various forms including books, comics, television, and games, most notably Cruddy Creeps. He lives in Lafayette, California.

MICHAEL SLACK's illustrations have appeared in books, magazines, advertisements, and on television. His previous picture books include My Life as a Chicken and Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry.
www.slackart.com

Editorial Reviews

Slack…sees great comic possibilities in his flying pachyderm's unusual abilities. Fierce in the face of danger and always kind, this motherly elephant gives Elecopter parenting a good name.

The New York Times Book Review - Sarah Harrison Smith

The author of Monkey Truck (Holt, 2011) takes his characters to the skies with the highly versatile and helpful Elecopter, an elephant blessed with the main rotor, tail rotor, and landing skids of a helicopter.” —School Library Journal

“Ahh! The cuteness! It blinds! Well, that's what you get when you take a rotund, big-eyed baby elephant, give her landing gear and helicopter blades, and send her into the savanna to save animals. Kids will instinctively get it and probably love it.” —Booklist

“Giggle-inducing humor and nail-biting action...” —Publishers Weekly

“My three-year-old loves Michael Slack's new picture book Monkey Truck. . . . The artwork is great, colorful and elaborated with lots of details that are fun to talk about during storytime. All told, it's a darned fun storytime treat.” —Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing.com on Monkey Truck

“The bright, blocky and, above all, goofy digitally painted illustrations will grab attention, and Monkey Truck's hooting mug (and tooting bottom) will keep the giggles flowing. Hope for more from this outrageous imagination.” —Kirkus Reviews on Monkey Truck

“Slack's choppy, rhyming text is propelled by sound effects and exclamations that enhance the book's read-aloud appeal. . . . A slight yet spirited romp.” —Publishers Weekly on Monkey Truck

“Slack's digitally rendered artwork is abundant with enjoyable texture and detail . . . and the jungle citizens are remarkably expressive.” —The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books on Monkey Truck

From the Publisher

Who keeps the savanna and its animals safe? Elecopter! "She scans the savannah / from high above. // Patrolling the sky, / it's a labor of love." A chubby blue elephant with landing skids for feet and propellers on top and tail, Elecopter saves baby birds from electrical storms. She rescues a lion (blinded by an out-of-control mane) from walking off a cliff (and then gives him a mane cut with his rotors). She even helps giraffes with loose teeth. When she sees a billowing cloud of smoke and a fire in the distance, she snags her ladder and her rope and speeds off to help. "She scoops up cheetah / alone and marooned. // Then lowers a ladder / to the stranded baboons." She saves those in danger and then puts out the fire with her hose nose. "Working for peanuts, / she's quite the contraption. / A helicopter elephant / always ready for action." Slack's follow-up to Monkey Truck (2011) moves from the jungle to the savanna for more animal/machine mashup mayhem. The digitally painted illustrations are bright and zippy. Elecopter's the only character who's part machine, and her helpfulness will inspire. Less of a laugh riot than Slack's previous solo effort, this will nonetheless please children by offering animals, vehicles and heroics all in one. "Go, Elecopter! Go!" (Picture book. 2-5)

Kirkus Reviews