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Big Frank's Fire Truck (Pictureback(R)) Paperback – Picture Book, October 8, 1996

by Leslie McGuire (Author), Joe Mathieu (Illustrator)
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Big Frank tells young readers all about firefighting and the many other important jobs firefighters do: fire safety training, fire inspection, helping at accident scenes, and more. It's all in a day's--and night's--work for our firefighting friend and his crew. The detailed full-color illustrations in this paperback book will fascinate readers.
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    32 pages
  3. Language
    English
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    Preschool - 2
  5. Dimensions
    8.06 x 0.15 x 8.06 inches
  6. Publisher
    Random House Books for Young Readers
  7. Publication date
    October 8, 1996
  8. ISBN-10
    067985438X
  9. ISBN-13
    978-0679854388
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Illustrated in full color. Ride along with Big Frank and the rest of the crew as they race to the scene of an accident, inspect the local KwikShop, demonstrate fire safety at Niceview Elementary School, and battle a raging brush fire! In between calls, hang out at the firehouse with Big Frank and the gang. It's all in a day's--and night's--work for our firefighting friends.  

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in full color. Ride along with Big Frank and the rest of the crew as they race to the scene of an accident, inspect the local KwikShop, demonstrate fire safety at Niceview Elementary School, and battle a raging brush fire! In between calls, hang out at the firehouse with Big Frank and the gang. It's all in a day's--and night's--work for our firefighting friends.  

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Random House Books for Young Readers; Please Read to Me edition (October 8, 1996)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 067985438X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0679854388
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 2 - 4 years, from customers
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 2
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.06 x 0.15 x 8.06 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 2,990 ratings

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    Born in Springfield, VT, Joe Mathieu is the illustrator of over 150 popular picture books, including Sesame Street books, "We're Going on a Lion Hunt", "Mrs. Millie Goes to Philly!", and "Pick a Pumpkin, Mrs. Millie!". He has a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and has been a freelance illustrator since 1971. Joe lives in Hudson, Massachusetts and enjoys cycling and ragtime piano.

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    I have been a children’s book writer, illustrator and pop-up book designer for 25 years, and have published over 200 titles that include juveniles, pop-up books, YA novels, (fiction and non-fiction) and mid-grade series books for publishers such as Random House, Golden Books, Disney, Intervisual Books, Reader’s Digest, Harper Collins, Macmillan, Fawcett, Grosset and Dunlap, etc. (Please visit my website to see my full title list, resume, awards and review clips which is at www.lesliemcguire.com). I have received the following awards: Parent’s Choice Award: "Big Dan's Moving Van"-- Random House; American Bookseller’s Association Pick of The List plus the Time-Life Kid’s Selection: "Good Night Little Bear"--Reader's Digest, Teacher’s Choice Award 2001: Hooked on Math, Master the Facts.

    I have also been an editor and Creative Director in children’s book publishing (Golden Books, Simon & Schuster, Intervisual Books, and Disney) and managing editor for two landscape architecture magazines. You can find many of my titles, both used and new, at Amazon by just typing in my name.

    I have illustrated six titles: Charlotte Zolotow’s, A Rose a Bridge and a Wild Black Horse; as well as five titles which I both wrote and illustrated: “This Farm is a Mess”, “Nibbles Takes a Nibble,”Teddy Bear's Circus Train”, Ann’s Hat”, and "Ann’s Big Muffin”.

    As a teacher of Writing and Illustrating Children’s Books, and a speaker at the forum on Guided Dreams , both for the University of California,

    Irvine, I have been given the opportunity to expand on and share my philosophy of writing for children as well as explain those thoughts to many interested and talented people.

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My kids like this book and it's educational, but you're supposed to cover your face during stop, drop and roll. My 3 year old immediately pointed that out and I can't disagree. Should be updated because if this is how children are taught it is wrong and could lead to injury.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great story
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2023
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Finally, an age appropriate story about some of the things firefighters do. My kids had lots of good questions wanting to know more about big Frank, Janet, and Gary. A few good questions about why they do things the way they do. It inspired a visit to our local station!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Our Family Highly Enjoys This Book
Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2016
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I'm very picky about what I give 5 stars to but this book has been requested by my 3 year old son every day since we gave it to him for Christmas (February 1 is tomorrow). My 5 year old daughter requests it nearly as often and my 7 year old daughter will also pick it up and read it from time to time.

PROS
1. The illustrations are fantastic - the illustrations are my favorite thing about this book. They are very engaging with lots of action, bright colors and detailed enough to be interesting even after multiple reads. I'll be googling the illustrator to see if he has done any other books we might be interested in.
2. Informative & interesting - my kids seem to enjoy knowing the real words for the different types of fire trucks and the day-in-the-life format weaves everything together.
3. I also appreciated that they show multiple ethnicities (kids and adults) in the book.
4. This one is more subjective but after reading this book every night for the past night *I* still like it, which I can't say for all the picture books we own...

CONS
1. I really had to rack my brain to think of anything. I guess it can be a bit of a long read if you're trying to rush your kids off to bed, but I think that could be said of ANY book. ;) And it's not nearly as long as any of Dr. Seuss' books (which I love but not if I want to get the kids to bed any time soon).
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Tonia Hertzler
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2024
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Great book
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mayfayre
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Fireman Book For The Little Ones
Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2010
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I bought this book for my 2 year old nephew who has become fascinated with firetrucks after watching the Mighty Machines DVD involving them. I wanted to get a book that would engage his interest but one that wouldn't show burning buildings because I don't want him trying to comprehend at this age that homes can burn down. This book fits the bill. The firemen fight a brush fire and a car fire. The car fire isn't the kind we usually see, i.e. a car pulled over at the side of the road that is all aflame for some mysterious reason, but is instead a car that has been in an accident (a roll against a light/phone pole). He's already seen accidents on the highways so he knows what they are. The drawing shows Big Frank comforting the driver who was injured but who is obvious ambulatory - just a big boo-boo to a child.

The illustrations are well done and detailed - there's a lot of side activity going on that the child's attention can be directed to and discussed. The story itself is aimed at a slightly older child, making the story interesting rather than too simplistic. It's very easy to paraphrase for a child my nephew's age.

By the way he was clutching it and looking at the pictures, I can tell that this book is going to be one of his favorites for quite a while. I would recommend it.
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ScotFlower
4.0 out of 5 stars 24 shift of Big Frank the Fireman
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2018
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I have been looking for a good fireman book for YEARS! Most fireman books do not have a story line and just randomly put out facts with no emotional connection. This book however provides the 24 shift of Big Frank the Fireman. He fills up the engines, teaches fire safety at a school, does a fire inspection, helps at a car accident, and helps fight a wildfire. At the end of the book, Frank goes home to his two children. I have to say the artwork was well done - not overly cutsey or brutally realistic - it was the perfect balance of cartoon and reality. I would suggest the book be for K+ but some PreK kids are advanced and will be able to handle all the words per page. I prefer The Firefighter by Jenny Goebel for toddlers.
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Nicole H
5.0 out of 5 stars My Daughters Favorite
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2022
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My daughter is obsessed with fire trucks and firefighters and so i set out to find a book that would teach her more about them at the young age of 3, but that wouldn’t water it down so much that it oversimplifies. This book does a great job of explaining all the responsibilities a firefighter has. I’m pretty sure i’ve read this book every night and sometimes more since i gave it to her. I highly recommend adding this to your child’s book collection. It’s a fun and interesting read.
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David M.
5.0 out of 5 stars Detailed story
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2022
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Bought for my 2yr old firefighter. It is small but packs a punch. The story line is too long for him and he usually does really well with books but I have to shorten this. It is a great book and tells the day to day life a firefighter. I’m sure as he gets older it will be a favorite.
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Khan_Family
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic book for the firefighter obsessed kid in your life
Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2018
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This is my nephew's favorite firefighter book. His first copy got ruined so he requested another copy for months, and loved it just as much.

The book is very educational and realistic. Kids will learn about types of fire trucks, equipment, job duties, work hours, and roles. Big Frank goes for a 24 hour shift at the firehouse and responds to a car accident, teaches fire safety at a school, checks on a supermarket fire system, eats and sleeps at the firehouse, and then spends all evening and night working a large fire. Illustrations are very detailed, leaving lots of room to go beyond the story. Big Frank is even shown going home to his kids after his shift, which is interesting for kids who think firefighters just work at all times 😂.

Only negative is that it is a LONG kids book so the third time in the day you're reading through it you really wanna skip on some of the story details 😂.
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Deborah
5.0 out of 5 stars Book
Reviewed in Canada on August 5, 2023
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My grandson really enjoys this book
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FALE
4.0 out of 5 stars GOOD maybe alittle toi long
Reviewed in France on February 24, 2017
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Nice book for a fireman lover .
The idea of explaning the shift if a fireman is great but it may be à little too much reading for my 4 year old so I skip some if them :-)
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Redcarbella
5.0 out of 5 stars Good story, loads of detail
Reviewed in Australia on July 12, 2019
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Great detail. Covers in detail firefighters duties. Age appropriate Detail in explanations
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Pima
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for pre-schooler and up
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 23, 2017
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Fantastic book, my son loves it and the story is detailed enough for a pre-schooler to learn a lot about big Frank's fantastic job.
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juniuni
5.0 out of 5 stars 消防士フランクの一日を描いた絵本です。
Reviewed in Japan on October 22, 2017
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消防士Frankの一日を描いた、読みやすい絵本です。
消火活動、予防課業務や防火教育も触れていて、アメリカで教育している stop drop & roll も書かれている本格的な内容になっています。

英語も難しい単語はなく、中学生でも読める程度です。

消防車が大好きな息子は毎晩この本を読んで欲しいとせがみます。
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