Dom and I love to read together.  Rather, I read while he flips the pages so quickly that I can’t keep up.  Same difference.

We check anywhere from 5 – 15 children’s books out of the library each week.  We also have an extensive children’s collection on our own bookshelves.  There are some books that Dom and I love so much that I want to share them with other parents.  So I figure that I’ll do that once a week or so.  Here is this week’s book corner…

Firefighters to the Rescue by Kersten Hamilton

Like many little boys and plenty of little girls, Dom is obsessed with rescue workers.  Specifically, this obsession is mainly focused on one type of rescue vehicle – fire trucks.  There are a lot of fire truck books out there.  We even have several besides this one (I will cover a few others over the next few weeks).

This, however, is Dom’s current “Firetuck” book.  The illustrations are bright and appealing.  The firefighters look like normal men (the absence of a female firefighter is my one complaint about this book).  I like that the firefighters aren’t dalmations…that has been way overdone in fire truck books. 

The book follows a group of firefighters through their day.  They begin with boring chores.  Then the fire bell rings, and the fun begins (at least it does for Dom, who immediately starts making siren sounds while running around the room).  The men quickly jump into their fire gear and climb aboard the fire truck.  They race through the town and to the fire, where they save the day.

 Horn blowing, engine roaring.
 Red lights, blue lights
 Flash a warning.
 Move aside –
 Fire truck coming!

If you have a fire truck freak in your life, just get this book.  Trust me.