Here Come the Helpers

by Leslie Kimmelman, Barbara Bakos (Illustrator)

Overview

Look for the Helpers is a shaped board book that highlights the emergency vehicles that help make our world a better place.

It’s a big, beautiful world,
filled with awesome adventures.

But sometimes emergencies happen.
When they do, look for the helpers!
Helpers are all around you.

Fire trucks, ambulances, police cars, and more crowd the pages of this shaped board book that teaches children to look for helpers wherever they go. With a search-and-find twist, each scene highlights different types of emergency vehicles in action. Look for the Helpers is an adventurous book that introduces little ones to the caring helpers who make the world safer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781534406001
Publisher:	Little Simon
Publication date:	05/01/2018
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	14
File size:	31 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Leslie Kimmelman is the author of numerous children’s books. She lives in a small town outside of New York City with her family and two dogs.

Barbara Bakos grew up in a suburb of Budapest next to a little forest. After graduating from the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest, she worked as an art director and character and background designer for clients such as Disney Junior. A true artist at heart, Barbara’s passion for creating whimsical worlds for her characters and exploring their stories helped her transition into the colorful world of children’s books as a full-time illustrator.  She also enjoys travelling, but misses her big ginger cat and her favorite Johnny Cash discs while out on the road. Visit her website at CargoCollective.com/BarbaraBakos.

Editorial Reviews

2018-05-23
Part emergency adventure, part reassurance that help is on the way—youngsters fascinated by vehicles with sirens will be attracted to this board book. Straightforward, declarative text and fanciful, somewhat futuristic pictures describe "a big beautiful world, filled with awesome adventures." The second spread previews the helpers and their vehicles with profile views of six types of vehicles against a clean white background. The final spread shows front views of the same six rescue vehicles. In between, spreads focus on three different emergencies. In a busy spread headlined "Uh-oh, an accident," readers see a police car, an ambulance, and a tow truck, while a police helicopter hovers overhead. "Uh-oh, a storm!" shows the water-based versions of emergency vehicles against a rain-gray background. "Uh-oh, a fire!" focuses on firefighters, with police and EMTs playing supporting roles. All the vehicles are staffed by smiling animal characters reminiscent of Richard Scarry's Busytown creatures but without the whimsy of those classics. The final text proclaims that "helpers…are the ones who save the world." The wordy text and detailed pictures make this board book most suited for older toddlers intrigued by emergency vehicles, but the placid delivery is out of sync with the notion that the depicted world is in peril. The lack of real excitement will make these helpers fade from memory like sirens on a distant road. (Board book. 3-4)

Kirkus Reviews