The Night Fire - Hardcover

Lukasewich, Lori

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0773732969 ISBN 13: 9780773732964

Publisher: Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 2001

Synopsis

With the sun setting on the quiet neighbourhood and the lights aglow in the old fire hall, it's hard to imagine the noise and activity that wait just one alarm bell away. When that bell sounds, everyone leaps into action. There is a night fire blazing and people must be saved!

Now even the smallest firefighter can jump aboard the clanging fire engine and race to the rescue. Simple, rhythmic text gives ample opportunity for chiming in during bedtime readings.

About this title

About the Author

Lori Lukasewich's was educated at the Alberta College of art and has used her skills in the areas of graphic arts, visual presentation, film and television, jewellery design, furniture design, decorative and faux painting, palaeontological restoration, and children's literature and illustration. She has been teaching painting for 12 years. Lori has painted seriously since 1984 and has exhibited consistently since that time. Her work can be found in many public and private collections.

From School Library Journal

reS-Gr 1-In quiet moments, when "nighttime comes/and wraps itself around the sun," firefighters wash their red truck, then relax, "play Go Fish-read-feed the dog." But as soon as the alarm sounds, they spring into action. The text conveys simply stated emotions: "`Save the people! Get them out!/Are you all right?' their neighbors shout." Lukasewich's brief, rhyming couplets allow the illustrations to be the focal point. Colorful spreads fill in the details and capture the action and drama of a nighttime rescue. The off-kilter perspectives and leaning houses artfully show the confusion and panic. After the firefighters have doused the blaze and comforted the children, the neighborhood repays them with warm handshakes and cheers of "Good job, well done!" As they return to their fire hall, "they hope to sleep till noon,/As morning puts away the moon." A satisfying glimpse into the ever-popular world of firefighters.

Linda Ludke, London Public Library, Ontario, Canada

Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fitzhenry and Whiteside
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0773732969
• ISBN 13: 9780773732964
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 26