Can I read Five Little Firefighters on EtoBox?

Five Little Firefighters by Tom Graham is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Five Little Firefighters about?

<p><P><i>RRIIIINGGG! <P></i>Five little firefighters are about to eat dinner when the alarm bell sounds. Off they go, racing through the streets to put out a fire. Soon everyone&#8217;s safe . . . but where&#8217;s Cleo the cat? <P><i>MEEOOW! </i>The five firefighters rescue Cleo. At last they can eat their dinner and get a little rest&#8212;until the alarm sounds again!</p><h3>School Library Journal</h3><p><P>PreS-Gr 1<p> One might expect a book with this title to be a rhyming text or counting story, but this offering is neither. Instead, it tells of a group of firefighters who receive a call just as they are sitting down to dinner. They dutifully grab their gear, climb onto the truck, and speed through traffic to reach their destination. After they save the family and cat, they return to the firehouse, have dinner, and go to bed. The pictures mirror the text, with cartoon bubbles that indicate dialogue, while the action is narrated by a single sentence per page and occasional sound effects. The book's size, typeset, and simple pictures are reminiscent of Lois Lenski's <I>The Little Fire Engine</I> (Random, 2000). Although it is nice to see an old-fashioned-style book with a multi

Who reads Five Little Firefighters?

Author

Tom Graham

Publisher

Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780805086973

Category

children's

Subjects

Children'S, Education, Fiction

Rating

3.3 / 5 (43 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14