Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey (Picture Puffin Books)
by:
Maira Kalman (author)
The John J. Harvey fireboat was the largest, fastest, shiniest fireboatof its time, but by 1995, the city didn't need old fireboats anymore. So the Harvey retired, until a group of friends decided to save it from the scrap heap. Then, one sunny September day in 2001, something so horrible...
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The John J. Harvey fireboat was the largest, fastest, shiniest fireboatof its time, but by 1995, the city didn't need old fireboats anymore. So the Harvey retired, until a group of friends decided to save it from the scrap heap. Then, one sunny September day in 2001, something so horrible happened that the whole world shook. And a call came from the fire department, asking if the Harvey could battle the roaring flames. In this inspiring true story, Maira Kalman brings a New York City icon to life and proves that old heroes never die.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780142403624 (0142403628)
ASIN: 0142403628
Publish date: 2005-08-04
Publisher: Puffin
Pages no: 48
Edition language: English
A beautiful, moving picture book about 9/11, focusing on the role played by a small tugboat. Maira Kalman's text and illustrations work together beautifully to create a lovingly told story suitable for adults and children.
The best book about the September 11th terrorist attacks published for children has been reissued. Nearly scrapped by new York City in 1995, the fireboat John J. Harvey was called in to help put out the fires at the World Trade Center site.
Fireboat gave perhaps one of the best presentations of the events of 9/11 that I've yet seen in a children's book. It was presented carefully, factually, and with enough information to inform kids about the events and the emotions surrounding it, without making them feel frightened or unsafe. I wa...
Near epic tale of the fireboat Harvey from its 'birth' in 1931 to its rebirth in 2001. Factual treatment of the events of 9/11 and the Harvey's part in helping out that day. Text and illustrations work well together. What really caught my eye was the 2 page illustration showing a cloudless blue sky...
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