If My Love Were a Fire Truck: A Daddy's Love Song - Hardcover

Reynolds, Luke

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1101937408 ISBN 13: 9781101937402

Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 2017

Synopsis

A father's love for his son goes zoom, swoosh, vroom, boom! This energetic, adventurous, action-packed lullaby about the bond between a father and his son is perfect for Valentine's Day, Father's Day, and any day!

Together, a father and his son are as powerful as a rocket ship blasting into space, a giant whale splashing across the ocean, and booming, colorful fireworks lighting up the night sky. Celebrating the one-of-a-kind relationship between Dad and his favorite little guy, If My Love Were a Fire Truck is a rhyming love song from fathers to sons that will become a cherished part of their lives for many years to come.

A Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year

"A lovely bedtime story offering reassurance in a fun way."—The Washington Post

About this title

About the Author

LUKE REYNOLDS is the author of the picture books If My Love Were a Fire Truck and Bedtime Blastoff! as well as the middle-grade nonfiction books Fantastic Failures and Surviving Middle School, and the middle-grade novel The Looney Experiment. After teaching English for many years in public schools in Connecticut and Massachusetts, Luke is now an Assistant Professor of Education at Endicott College. Although he earned a Ph.D from Boston College, his greatest learning experience was being a paperboy—first at age 11, and then again at age 32. Luke and his wife, Jennifer, have three sons. Visit Luke online at lukewreynolds.com.  


JEFF MACK has written and illustrated a wide range of children’s books, including If My Love Were a Fire Truck, Hush Little Polar Bear, Good News Bad News, Duck in the Fridge, Frog and Fly, Hippo and Rabbit and the Mr. Monkey series, earning him three Texas 2x2 awards, a Colorado Bell Award, a Pennsylvania Family Literacy Award, a New York Public Library Best Book of the Year Award, a Bank Street Best Book of the Year award, and an Illinois Monarch Award nomination. Visit him online at jeffmack.com.

Reviews

PreS-Gr 1—As a dad tucks his son in for the night, the toy fire truck the boy cradles inspires a rhyming song about all the ways a father's love keeps a son safe and happy, wherever they may be. "If my love were a knight's big shield,/it would fight any dragon's flame./And if my love were a lion's roar,/it would thunder across the plain." The mixed-media scenes show the boy and his dad floating in space, surfing in the ocean, and finding treasure while scuba diving. They race cars, ride horses, and wave to the monkeys while on a safari. Everything they do, they do together, even falling asleep. The colorful art is simple and engaging. VERDICT This bedtime story reassures and entertains. A guaranteed hit for vehicle lovers.—Tanya Boudreau, Cold Lake Public Library, Alta.

Edition details

• Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1101937408
• ISBN 13: 9781101937402
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Mack Jeff
• Number of pages: 32