Crash! Bang! Boo! (2) (Junior Monster Scouts) - Softcover

Joe McGee is the author of three picture books, Peanut Butter and Brains, Peanut Butter and Aliens; and Peanut Butter and Santa Clause, all illustrated by Charles Santoso. Joe is on the faculty of Sierra Nevada College’s Writing for Children and Young Adults low-residency MFA program, and teaches writing at Rowan University in New Jersey. A graduate of the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA program in writing for children and young adults as well as Rowan University Master’s Writing Program, Joe writes everything from picture books through young adult novels. He’s an active member of SCBWI and you can find him online at JoeMcGeeAuthor.com and on Twitter at @McGeeJP.

Ethan Long is the acclaimed author and illustrator of many books for children, among them the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award winner Up, Tall, and High. He is also the creator of the animated, Emmy nominated series Tasty Time with ZeFronk, which airs daily on Disney Junior.

Crash! Bang! Boo! CHAPTER

1

“COME ON, FRANKY!” SAID VAMPYRA. “We’re missing all the fun!”

“It sounds like a howling good time!” said Wolfy.

“One more bolt to tighten,” said Franky. “There! Now my windup monster is all ready for the village’s first ever Monster Mash competition!”

The villagers had been so thankful for the Junior Monster Scouts helping them before, that the mayor insisted the Junior Monster Scouts join them for the village’s birthday celebration. To show the Junior Monster Scouts that the villagers were no longer afraid of the monsters (it had all been a big misunderstanding), the mayor declared a special contest: a Monster Mash competition. Whoever created the coolest, the craziest, the most wonderful windup monster would win the first place ribbon and a hand-carved cuckoo clock, made by none other than the mayor himself!

Franky set his wrench down and stepped back. His windup mechanical monster hopped up and down, clapping its claws and waving its tentacles.

“That looks great, Franky!” said Wolfy.