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Elecopter (2013)

by Michael Slack(Favorite Author)

3.56 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0805093044 (ISBN13: 9780805093049)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

review 1: Elecopter is a story about a elephant who is part helicopter half elephant. This Elecopter helps other animals in whatever way she can. She patrols around the savannah to make sure that everything goes fine. One day she sees smoke and races over to save the animals trapped in it and put the fire out. After saving the animals she puts this fire out and all the animals are so grateful that they pay her with peanuts. I really enjoyed this story and I think that it could be used just as a fun read aloud or an introduction to learning about fire safety. The illustrations were very colorful and bright and would be very entertaining for younger children. The words were nice and easy to see and I thought that the illustrator did a great job of incorporating the action into the pic... moretures. Overall I think this book was very well done.
review 2: Although young children will enjoy the idea of an elephant that can fly through the air like a helicopter, it wasn't my cup of tea. I liked the determination of Elecopter's face as she warns the other animals about fires and saves them in various ways. She has her priorities straight since she saves lives before trying to put out the blaze raging in the jungle by using her "fire-hose nose" (unpaged). The illustrations, created digitally and collaged through Photoshop, are lively and appealing, but I just couldn't get past my difficulty in pronouncing Elecopter's name. It certainly would be great if firefighters had the use of such a determined rescuer, though. less

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