Fire Trucks [Hardcover]

Hope Irvin Marston (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1996

A close-up look at fire-fighting equipment features color spreads of fire trucks, aerial ladders, crash rescue vehicles, and more, and depicts a busy fire station team responding to an alarm and racing to the scene of an emergency.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 3?Marston's revised title (Dodd, 1984; o.p.) exhibits some state-of-the-art equipment. Crisp, clear, colorful photographs replace the black-and-white photos of the earlier edition. Minority and female fire-fighters, as well as details of fire fighter culture, have been added, making the book even more appealing. Although the title indicates only fire trucks, Marston includes fireboats, airplanes, helicopters, and SuperScoopers. New information is provided about making holes in burning buildings, drill teams, fire-fighter humor, Dalmations, safety training for children, and antique and future equipment. Less text is more in this case; while cursory, it is concise and appropriate for the intended audience. An index makes the volume more useful than Fire Truck (DK, 1995). An excellent update for young fire truck aficionados.?Marsha McGrath, Clearwater Public Library, FL
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Gr. 2^-5. Detailed descriptions of fire-fighting equipment and procedures combine with color photographs to give readers an overview of an important profession. The majority of the book focuses on the familiar community fire truck, but Marston also introduces readers to lesser-known types of equipment, including fireboats, the crash rescue vehicle used in airports, and special airplanes used to fight wildfires. Unfortunately, some sloppy editing has allowed some errors in spelling and grammar to slip by, and although the photos are by and large very good, two of them, which were obviously staged for high drama, look phony and out of place. The vocabulary and technical aspects of the text may intimidate young readers, but there's some solid information for reports here, as well as much of interest to serious junior firefighters. Lauren Peterson

Product Details

• Hardcover: 48 pages
• Publisher: Dutton Juvenile; Revised edition (September 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0525652310
• ISBN-13: 978-0525652311
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,652,567 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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I purchased this book to replace a school library book that our dog chewed up. It is in fine shape but I was disappointed to see that it was stamped discarded from another library and has a permanent library sticker on it. Now I feel that I need to purchase another one because it is not a suitable replacement for the one that was ruined. Future books sold that are discarded library books should be advertised that way.