Editorial Review
Booklist Review of Firefighters on the Water
Opening with the heart-stopping story of a boat on fire with an injured person aboard, this Firefighter Heroes series (4 titles) offering invites beginning readers to learn about firefighters working in a unique environment.
Using simple words, repetition, and basic sentence structure, the text successfully combines narrative and information. Each spread pairs one full-page photo of a fireboat or firefighters in action with a page of text printed on a plain, colorful background.
Though the crew on the featured boat is all white, the protagonist is a woman of color. A highlight for rescue-vehicle fans will be the fire equipment and its unique uses aboard a water vessel. A detailed photo of the fireboat’s special features—labeled in large, decodable print—follows the story, as does a picture glossary and a QR code to online resources.
—Deidre Winterhalter