Fire Engines

by Anne Rockwell

Told from a child's point of view, this book is all about that most fabulous of machines: the fire engine.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Firefighters, Nonfiction, Transport

Paperback

First published October 21, 1986

Reviews

[Alex · Rating 3 out of 5]

i like it it tels use wute its like to be a fire fiter

[Annalicia Taylur || pagesescape · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simple read.

[Tracy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another reviewer stated that this book uses"fireman" or "firemen." My copy from 1986 uses "fire fighters." I don't see an issue.

[Kiyoko · Rating 3 out of 5]

(Logan library)

[Mum Reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy to read book about fire engines. Grandson had me read it to him twice. "Yellow fire engines are my favorite," he said.

[Hendrix · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short and sweet. I liked looking at the puppies and bright fire engines! 🚒 🐶

[TFE · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great fire engine book. Didn't keep him interested for more than a couple pages though

[TJE · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good fire engine book with wide variety (ladder trucks, hose & pump trucks & boats). Dogs as main characters. T was interested but not a favorite.

[Emma · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love her nice clean illustrations but it has non-gender-neutral language. It's all about fire'men' and I think it even says they are tough and strong? Can't remember as I already ditched it. Anyway, I don't want to teach my two year old that firefighters are all strong tough DUDES so this one is gone. We have tons on fire engines etc anyway. I do like Rockwell's work; this one was published in 1986. For some reason I'm more flexible about essentially sexist books if they have female-centred narratives, because I figure that at least shows that girls are at the centre of plenty of stories. And as I have a boy I don't mind if he reads stories about tea parties and stuff, because everyone likes teacups, right? It's not a bad thing to expose him to a bit of girl culture about fairies and princesses. I guess I take them on a case by case basis. Sometimes I turn a blind eye when the story is otherwise too wonderful.

[Rosa Cline · Rating 4 out of 5]

This an absolutely adorable fire engine book for a child! WONDERFUL illustrations and very basic very simple wording. My special needs teen age son, although he can understand bigger chapter books, he LOVES fire trucks and things of that nature. He smiled and giggled all through this story. This would be a good 'beginning reader' story for a beginning reader too... simple words and pages so it would help encourage their self esteem by being able to read this on their own.

[Samantha Penrose · Rating 4 out of 5]

Learn about fire boats, ladder trucks, pumper trucks, fully equipped trucks, fire house ambulances, and the fire chief himself from a fire engine loving dalmatian pup.
Simple, colorful illustrations make this quite eye catching.

[Shahar Eden · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like the illustrations here and even though I am not a pre school teacher (yet), I think this book can create great motivation for the little students in learning about different elements of our world, starting with a fire truck.

[Pam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Weird with a title like this that this very book came up first in line on goodreads. Anyway fond memories of reading this to C after she got it in the mail (from a book club) as a toddler. Thus the 4 stars, although the art is not super duper.

[Janet]

An informational book on fire engines, the bright illustrations and clear details draw the reader into the information presented.

Age: 2+

Practice: Background knowledge; Talking
Skill: Vocabulary

[Moana Fullmer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Liam is enjoying this book, he loves playing firefighter and this book for him is a classic.

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

We've already started memorizing this one we've read it so much.

[Bobby · Rating 3 out of 5]

Your basic fire engine book, however, I liked the unique way she illustrated the lights and flames using single blocks of color.

[June · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a hit at the fire fighter program. The fire truck has center stage in this book and Rockwell's simple style was a hit with the story time crowd.

[Brittney · Rating 2 out of 5]

I like other Anne Rockwell books but this one I wasn't a fan of. There are better fire engine books out there.

[Hope Broadway · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute story, good learning tool. I actually learned something from this book.

[Little Champs]

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