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5.0 out of 5 stars
Such a fun book,
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This review is from: Mose the Fireman (Hardcover)
We love this book. We first got it from the library with the accompanying aduio recording and fell in love with it. The illustrations are great, the story is not boring or overly simplified and Mose is quite the humble hero.
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Funny Tall Tale for New York Lovers,
By Shanna A. Gonzalez "eyelevelbooks.com" (Gaithersburg, MD) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mose the Fireman (Hardcover)
Eric Metaxas proves his artistic versatility with this sprightly, irreverent rendition of the popular folk tale Mose the Fireman. A codgerly narrator mixes modern slang into his tale of Mose, the larger-than-life hero who manages to propose to his sweetheart Lize while saving the city from fire, draining the Hudson River, and singlehandedly digging the tunnel that becomes the subway system. Unlike other versions, this story doesn't end with tragedy, but with a happy wedding scene. The text rolls along jauntily, and Everett Peck's amusing illustrations evoke just the right mood.The book itself doesn't need improvement, but there is a DVD and CD narration available through Rabbit Ears Entertainment, and there's more where that came from -- it's part of a larger collection of American folktales. Rabbit Ears Treasury of Tall Tales: Volume Two: Mose the Fireman, Stormalong |
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Mose the Fireman by Eric Metaxas (Hardcover - Sept. 1996)
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