Staff Picks
Read All About It: Firefighters & Fire Trucks
- Heather M.
- Saturday, February 06, 2021
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Firefighters work hard to keep us safe.
Find out more about how they keep us safe, what they wear to keep them safe and the equipment they use (especially fire trucks) by reading these fiction and nonfiction titles about these first responder heroes.
If you want to know how to keep yourself safe around fire, check out Read All About It: Fire Safety.
ICYMI: Watch Richland Library's Firefighters READ! Storytime featuring Columbia's own firefighters, a story and a tour of the fire station.
Fire Engine.
Published in 2012
Readers can feel different textures to explore items on a fire truck.
Magnus at the Fire
Published in 2005
When the Broadway Fire House acquires a motorized fire engine, Magnus the fire horse is not ready to retire.
Fly Guy Presents
Firefighters
Published in 2014
Buzz and Fly Guy visit the firehouse, where they learn facts about firefighters, fire trucks, and fire safety .
Fire Engine No. 9
Published in 2015
Follows a fire engine and its crew through a very busy day, using mainly sound words.
Fire Truck Vs. Dragon
Published in 2020
Friends Fire Truck and Dragon demonstrate what a good team they make at campfires, cookouts, birthday parties, and more, but in unexpected and unimpressive ways.
Stanley's Fire Engine
Published in 2020
Stanley has a busy day putting out fires and keeping his friends and community safe.
Let's Meet a Firefighter.
Published in 2013
Are you curious about fire trucks? Firefighting clothes? Hoses and ladders? You're in luck! Firefighter Jim works at the fire department. He knows how to handle all kinds of emergencies. He shows a group of kids how he does his job. Let's hear it for firefighters!
Let's Meet a Firefighter
Published in 2013
A class visits a fire station and learns from Jim what it is like to be a fire fighter.
The Firefighters' Thanksgiving
Published in 2004
Calls to fires, an injured friend, and cooking disasters threaten to keep a group of fire fighters from enjoying Thanksgiving dinner. Station 1 is always a busy place. When there aren't fires to put out there are plenty of chores to do. And on Thanksgiving Day there's a big feast to prepare. Lou is in charge of dinner this year, but just as they finish shopping, a call comes in. They drop everything to get to the fire. Other calls interrupt Lou's cooking throughout the day, and it looks like there may not be a Thanksgiving dinner for these firefighters. Luckily, the grateful families in their neighborhood show their thanks in a thoughtful, perfect way. This heart-warming story about dedicated firefigh.
Firefighters
Published in 2018
"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces firefighters to young readers through leveled text and related photos"-- Provided by publisher.
Flash, the Little Fire Engine
Published in 2019
"It's Flash's first day on the job as a little fire engine--and it's going to be a busy one! But Flash is ready to jump into action and save the day. The only problem is, every time Flash tries to pitch in, he is either too little or too late to help out. What if no one needs him? When a fire erupts in the middle of town, it looks like Flash might be the only one available to help. Does he have what it takes to save the day?"--Amazon.
Maisy's Fire Engine
Published in 2009
With help from her friend Cyril, Maisy the mouse drives the fire truck and performs a rescue.
Dot the Fire Dog
Published in 2003
Dot the fire dog accompanies the firefighters from the fire station as they respond to a call.
Dot the Fire Dog
Published in 2003
Dot the fire dog accompanies the firefighters from the fire station as they respond to a call.
Firefighter Duckies!
Published in 2017
Firefighter Duckies fill a busy day with everything from rescuing a whale that is stuck in a tree to helping a monster who is having trouble seeing.
Fire! ¡Fuego! Brave Bomberos
Published in 2012
A brave group of firefighters set off to battle a blaze at a townhouse. Spanish words interspersed in the rhyming text are defined in a glossary.
Mother Goose to the Rescue!
Published in 2021
Chief Mother Goose and her firefighter friends show bravery as they put out the fire in the Queen of Hearts' bakery.
Firebears
The Rescue Team
Published in 2015
Always ready to fight fires, the Firebears of Fire Station Number Eight slide down poles, rescue cats, and save people from burning houses.
Firefighters!
Speeding! Spraying! Saving!
Published in 2007
Illustrations and rhyming text celebrate firefighters and what they do.
Fireboat
The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey
Published in 2002
A fireboat, launched in 1931, is retired after many years of fighting fires along the Hudson River, but is saved from being scrapped and then called into service again on September 11, 2001.
Here Comes Firefighter Hippo
Published in 2013
Little Hippo wears a fireman's hat and pedals his toy truck through the jungle while performing imaginative rescues, only to discover a real fire and raise a heroic alarm.
Otis and the Kittens
Published in 2016
When Otis the tractor becomes trapped in a burning barn, after rescuing kittens, his animal friends and local firefighters come to his aid.
I'm Brave!
Published in 2014
"He's a big red engine with a siren, a horn, a tank full of water, and whole lotta hose! He's a good-lookin' fire truck, and he's brave, too. When the alarm sounds, he's gotta drive through smoke and heat straight to a blazing fire!!"--Front jacket flap.
Firefighters
Published in 2016
Little readers will learn all about what fire fighters do, where they work, and why they are important in our communities. Very simple text combined with correlating and colorful images will both inform and strengthen reading skills. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.
Molly, by Golly
The Legend of Molly Williams, America's First Female Firefighter
Published in 2012
Introduces the first known female firefighter, Molly Williams, an African American cook for New York City's Fire Company 11, who one winter day in 1818 with many volunteers sick with influenza jumped into action to stop a house fire.
Firefighters
Published in 2013
Discusses the way firefighters help the community and how they put out fires with details about firefighting tools, vehicles, and equipment.
Firefighters Help
Published in 2013
"Simple text and photographs describe fire fighters and their role in our communities"--Provided by publisher.
Fire Trucks
Published in 2015
"A kindergarten-level introduction to fire trucks, covering their firefighters, equipment, role in rescuing, and such defining features as their ladders"-- Provided by publisher.
Hamsters Don't Fight Fires!
Published in 2017
Hugo the hamster wants to be a firefighter, and although he worries he is too small to fight fires, he learns that just because something is difficult, it doesn't mean he shouldn't try his hardest to achieve his dream.
Firefighter
Published in 2014
Written in the form of a first-person diary, this book takes a look at a typical week in the life of a firefighter.
Hero Cat
Published in 2006
A cat gives birth to a litter of kittens in an abandoned building that catches fire while she is out searching for food.
Alphabet Rescue
Published in 2006
While on vacation in Alphabet City, Little e and the other lowercase letters repair an old fire truck and come to the rescue when a fire engulfs the letter-making factory.
Firefighters
Published in 2011
Provides information about what firefighters are, and some of the different things that they do to protect communities from the danger of fires.
Fire Engine Man
Published in 2007
A young boy imagines the work he will do and the safety gear he will wear when he becomes a fireman some day, as his younger brother first watches then joins him on the job.