Fire! Fire! Hurry! Hurry!

by Andrea Zimmerman, David Clemesha, Karen Barbour (Illustrations)

It's a quiet evening at the fire station. Captain Kelly has just cooked his firefighters a delicious spaghetti dinner. But suddenly -- The alarm rings. And these dedicated firefighters must slide down their fire pole, jump into their fire truck, and rush to the rescue. Again and again as the hungry firefighters sit down to eat -- DING! DING! DING! -- the alarm rings. it's not a quiet evening at the fire station after all. it's a very busy one, and you're invited to come along for the ride.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

32 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2003

About the author

Andrea Zimmerman and David Clemesha are married and have created several children’s books together, including Digger Man, Fire Engine Man and Trashy Town, an ALA Notable Book. Zimmerman was born in Ohio and grew up in New York, Utah and California. When she was young, she loved exploring nature, reading comic books, and riding her horse. She studied fine arts for children in college, then later went back to school at UCLA and became a dentist. Clemesha grew up in England and moved to the United States when he was 16. He always loved playing tennis, drawing and reading. He studied English in college and became an elementary school teacher. Zimmerman and Clemesha live in San Diego, California, with their three sons.

http://us.macmillan.com/author/andrea...

Reviews

[Hannah · Rating 2 out of 5]

The drawings were very bright and colorful. The story was boring and repetitive, but not in a good way.

[Patrice]

S&E loved

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[CM · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was interactive and fun. It used a repetitive style to let kids follow the story, and of course - Who doesn't like a book about fire trucks?

I was also very amused at how TRUE the story was. Having grown up with my dad as an EMT, I've heard stories just like this one with the poor fire chief and crew trying to eat their spaghetti dinner and getting three to four emergency calls before they're even able to properly pick up their forks. It had just enough predictable and just enough random to be very entertaining. Meanwhile, it sends a good message to everyone about what firefighters are willing to do to serve others. I think even the fireman who read us this story was entertained by it.

[Kristin King · Rating 5 out of 5]

My son gives this a five when I read this for the Fire Museum reading time today. I'm not big on the animals as fire fighters, but this had a funny way of telling about what fire fighters do and how things go for them sometimes. Nice sound "effects." Emphasizes team work and ends with the teams finally getting to eat and go to sleep for what's left of the night.

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

A colorful picture book about Captain Kelly and his team of firefighters who work throughout the night putting out fires. The cozy gouache illustrations and the comforting repetitive text about the helpful firefighters make this a useful book to include in preschool units about community helpers.

[Michele · Rating 2 out of 5]

Animal firefighters go all around town fighting fires. Very brightly colored illustrations.

[Katy Brandes · Rating 1 out of 5]

Somebody was on definitely on drugs when they put this one together!

[Beverly · Rating 2 out of 5]

The story was kind of funny; the firemen's supper keeps getting interrupted by emergency calls. However, I found the illustrations somewhat ugly.

[Jessi · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great book featuring repetitive text for the child who loves fire trucks.

[Michelle Farella · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really colorful!

[Mollie B · Rating 5 out of 5]

Perfect for storytime! "Read-along" is encouraged!!