Mooses With Bazookas FAQ

What on earth is this? A novel? A picture book? A crime? 
It’s an illustrated collection of stories and humorous letters, with a novella (Mooses with Bazookas) in its middle. It stars a mouse, a moose, a dog who can speak Alienese, and other lovable misfits. It’s perfect for people who need, or want, to laugh. 

What age range is it for?
Like all of S. D. Smith’s books, this is for a broad range of ages. If you’re old enough to enjoy The Green Ember and Jack Zulu, you can enjoy this. As always, parents are encouraged to preview if they have concerns. There is no foul language, but there is a foul ball hit by an imaginary baseball player written in invisible ink on the back of the front of one of the pages. 

The world is dark and dangerous and it’s not a time to be joking around. [Poking finger at Sam.] Why did you? 
If we wait till all is perfectly well before we write novels or paint paintings or kiss and marry and have babies or tell jokes then we will always be waiting. We will surrender civilization to the cause of fighting to save civilization. We often joke most when our circumstances are the hardest, and we are wise to do it. I do take the world seriously—very seriously—and that is why I like to laugh. This video helps explain the heart behind the book.

How does Mooses with Bazookas compare to The Green Ember books and Jack Zulu? 
It is the difference between silliness and sincerity, between a joke and an epic. The Green Ember stories have humor, but it is sugar as an ingredient in a much bigger recipe. (Jack Zulu has more humor than Ember, but it’s still a serious adventure—an encounter with deep cosmic reality.) Mooses is a very sugary treat. It’s not for always, but for special occasions. It’s fun. It’s funny. One might even call it zany. Thank God for sugar!

Is there an audiobook of this incredible collection?  
YES! I mean, Yes. [Sorry for hollering.] It’s an excellent audiobook with BONUS MATERIAL not in the print edition. Also, it features an incredible cast of performers. You probably recognize Sarah Mackenzie from Read-Aloud Revival fame or Hollywood funnyman Rob Riggle from The Office etc., or Joel Clarkson as the beloved narrator for The Green Ember Series, or Andy Harvey from stages across America. The author himself joins in and his wife, Gina Smith, performs a sweet story called Rocket and Elsie and Rocket. Get it here.

Is it wise to pet a Moose?
No. Even if he isn’t carrying a bazooka, he is very, very dangerous. Seriously. 

Will this cure my hiccups?
Eventually, it definitely will not. It will, however, much to the delight of Nebraskan Umpires, intensify them dramatically. 

Is it true there is a Mooses with Bazookas essential oil?
Yes. The Mooses books are pulped into pulp in a pulping machine which is used for pulpifying. Once pulpified, they are strained by homeschooled children with tiny strong wild and free hands and the juices are gathered and then pressed in a ten thousand pound rock-on-rock mechanized smasherator. Then the yield is dripped carefully into a cauldron where three religious women stir the pot round and round in the moonlight while on IG live talking to their downstreams about like, pursuing your dreams and having it all. That elixir is bottled and sold at a reasonable price and can cure everything probably but for sure including ACL tears and the gasping hum-gripes. 

Who is Joe Hox?
The illustrator extraordinaire for this book. He has a great smile and bright eyes and draws good. Imagine him smiling and there’s a cornfield behind him. Keep doing it. Longer! Okay, now he is sipping ice tea and painting a sunset. That’s him. Charming, right? 

Who is Wally Warmbottom?
He is S. D. Smith’s correspondent via jug from his island upon which he is stranded. His letters form the glue of the Mooses book. It is very sticky glue, which is good, and bad. Because it binds, but it also makes a mess. And it invents games about peach pits.