The Bull and the Fire Truck: Hello Reader! Level 3, Grades 1 & 2

Johnston, Tony, Alley, R. W., ill.

ISBN 10: 0590475975 / ISBN 13: 9780590475976

Published by Cartwheel Books imprint of Scholastic Inc./New York,, 1996

About this Item

soft cover, fine book condition, unpaged, 6 x 9 inches, new book, no dust jacket, juvenile easy reader,

Seller Inventory # N 1932

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Bull and the Fire Truck: Hello Reader! Level 3, Grades 1 & 2
• Publisher: Cartwheel Books imprint of Scholastic Inc./New York,
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0590475975
• ISBN 13: 9780590475976
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Alley, R. W.
• Seller catalogs:
  • easy reader,

About this title

Synopsis

Hating the color red from the moment he is taken away from his farm in a red truck, Bernardo the bull chases a fire truck that speeds by his field, with four-alarm results. Original.

Reviews

Gr. 1^-2, younger for reading aloud. Bernardo the bull learns to hate red when transported to his new farm in a small red truck. Ever after, he attacks everything red: geraniums, apples, kerchiefs, and, finally, a fire truck. He totals the truck, shakes up the firefighters, and ends up with a headache and a prescription reading, "Keep this bull away from RED!" And as soon as the townsfolk plant only yellow apples and blue flowers and the fire trucks are painted green, everyone lives happily ever after. This spunky beginning reader combines a child-pleasing story with equally engaging illustrations. Alley's line-and-watercolor artwork brims with action and humorous details, from the pick-me-up cover to the last visual joke. Carolyn Phelan