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Summary: A classic children's story, still a hit today
Review: I loved this book as a child and now my young children love it too. The illustrations are fantastic... the kind of illustrations that remained implanted in the back of my mind for 30 years: it was a joy to see them again and I was surprised at how clearly I had remembered them. Your little "fireman" is going to love this book. Be prepared to make lots of siren and alarm noises.The plot is simple. The firemen get on their fantastic trucks and go put out a fire! No injuries and apparently most of the property is saved. "Hurray for the brave firemen!"
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Summary: The Fire Engine Book
Review: I thought the pictures are very pretty!! The story is short which makes it easy for me to remember!! I love to read!!
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Summary: Action-packed pictures on every page.
Review: My son's favorite book. Every page has so much detail, he is enthralled and loves to read/look over and over again. A nice change of pace from today's children's books which are much more simple in their design. P.S.--Note that the fire chief looks like Tom Dewey (as in "Dewey defeats Truman")!
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Summary: nice book
Review: Nicely ilustrated book. Great for every boy who likes fire engines.
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Summary: The Fire Engine Book
Review: This book is a very frightening vision of what America would be like if the Aryans got their way. Every fireman looks identical, they are all white clones. There is not a tiny bit of pigment to be found in any illustrated face in this book. Also notice that the firemen never speak. There are many noises graphically depicted in this book (e.g. "sssss," "clang clang clang," "sput sput sput") but the pictures clearly depict everyone following orders, like good little clones. This book teaches children that only white people can be heroes, and to mindlessly follow authority. Also that it is bad to be different.
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Summary: A Wonderful Book from the Pre-PC Past
Review: This is a great book to teach children about fire and fire fighting. The illustrations of firemen (not firefighters) at work are very vivid and colorful. The illustrations use clear lines rather than sketch-type illustrations. The historical fire engines (circa 1950s) are retro-cool. My two-year old daughter learned a lot about fires and firemen from this book. Most importantly, it kept her interest and mine -- the parent who has to read it repeatedly.
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Summary: A Wonderful Book from the Pre-PC Past
Review: This is a great book to teach children about fire and fire fighting. The illustrations of firemen (not firefighters) at work are very vivid and colorful. The illustrations use clear lines rather than sketch-type illustrations. The historical fire engines (circa 1950s) are retro-cool. My two-year old daughter learned a lot about fires and firemen from this book. Most importantly, it kept her interest and mine -- the parent who has to read it repeatedly.
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Summary: classic little book for kids who love fire engines
Review: This little book, originally published in 1950, is interesting for its pre-PC sensibility, and it certainly will not bring harm to a 21st century child with its all-white cast, but it does make you appreciate the changes that have come about since then. PC-ness aside, the pictures and words are action-oriented and attractive to the littlest readers.
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Summary: perfect first firefighter book
Review: this simple story with its rythmic prose and sounds aplenty has enthralled my twins. The pictures feature lots of firetrucks and gently show hose, axe and ladder action at the fire itself - just the sort of thing that they couldn't quite imagine on their own yet are terribly curious about. Most early fire truck books sanitize the actual firefighting ( I don't know, too scary or glamorizing fire perhaps?) but those just left my kids confused. What do firemen DO, Mommy? The trucks are quite dated in the pictures - circa 1945 perhaps - so purists might object that they aren't what one sees today, but my kids have never noticed. To us, its just a beautifully illustrated, interesting book for the very young.
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Summary: An excellent book for the fireman lover in your house!
Review: What a darling book this is! It's really realistic, shows the firemen actually fighting a fire. It's nice to see that because quite frankly, you don't really see that is most fireman books. I keep saying fireman instead of firefighter, because this book was written before there were women on the force and thus, show all men in the story. It's great though, seeing the old firetrucks and the dalmation. The book was written in 1950 and just has the most beautiful illustrations of the firemen and all that red! It shows the fire chief's truck, the hose car (truck) and the hook-and-ladder truck with the firemen hanging on for dear life alongside. The driver steers in the back as well which makes for tons of conversation with my little one. It actually shows the firemen hooking the hoses up to the fire hydrant, eliminating the confusion that all the water comes from the truck. I've had to explain that sometimes when there isn't a hookup, they bring a tanker truck with water. The firemen are actually using their axes to put out the fire in the antique store and are rescuing items as well with the net. However, our favorite part of the book is the very last page which says, "Hurray for the brave firemen!" I think that says it all.
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