Firebears, the Rescue Team - Hardcover

Greene, Rhonda Gowler

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805070109 ISBN 13: 9780805070101

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2005

Synopsis

DING-LING-LING!
Through the hole.
Hurry, slip-slide down the pole!

Who are the rescue heroes of Fire Station Number Eight? The Firebears!

Sound the siren, grab the hoses, stretch those ladders. Rescue! With Firebears on the job, no blaze is too big to brave-it's all in a day's work. So put on your fire hat and come for a ride with the fearless rescue crew of Fire Station Number Eight.

About this title

About the Author

Rhonda Gowler Greene is the author of many books for children, including At Grandma's, which Booklist praised in a starred review as a "loving, deeply satisfying story that lights up the path toward sweet dreams." A former preschool and elementary-school teacher, Ms. Greene lives in West Bloomfield, Michigan, with her family.

Dan Andreasen is the illustrator of more than fifty books for young readers, and he's written and illustrated several of his own, including With a Little Help from Daddy. He lives with his family in Orlando, Florida.

Reviews

PreSchool-Grade 2-The alarm rings at Fire Station Number Eight and the Firebears throw on their heavy coats, hats, and boots and race through town with their siren wailing. No job is too big or too small for these amazing bears. First they retrieve a cat stranded high in a tree, then put out a fire in a store, and finally rescue a mother and child from a house billowing with smoke. "Racing, rushing/To the scene-/Firebears, the rescue team!/Round the bend/House on fire!/Raise the ladder-higher, higher!" The action never stops in this fast-moving story. The illustrations, rendered in oils on illustration board, have a retro, naive '50s look and add a light touch to the seriousness of the firefighters' duties. Perfect to read before a field trip, or for a community-helper-themed storytime.-Wendy Woodfill, Hennepin County Library, Minnetonka, MN
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PreS-Gr. 2. A busy day for a firehouse crew begins with a kitten up a tree (dubbed a "false alarm," but tell that to the kitten), continues on to a raging fire in a store, the rescue of a mother and child from a burning house, and, finally, a weary return "Back again, / Through the gate. . . / At Fire Station Number Eight," as the suns sets. Greene's very simple rhymes caption small-town scenes of polished, toylike buildings, vehicles, and small, round-earred bears in red fire hats and slickers. Although this take on an ever-popular theme may not carry the high drama of Chris Demarest's Firefighters A to Z (2000) and its sequels, children will applaud the heroic deeds of the courageous crew. John Peters
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Edition details

• Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805070109
• ISBN 13: 9780805070101
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Andreasen Dan
• Number of pages: 32