Amazing Machines: Flashing Fire Engines - Softcover

Mitton, Tony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 075345307X ISBN 13: 9780753453070

Publisher: Kingfisher, 2000

Synopsis

"Big bold fire engines, waiting day and night, Ready for a rescue or a blazing fire to fight. As soon as there's a fire alarm, the engines start to roar. The firefighters jump aboard...it rumbles out the door."

Jump aboard a bright red fire engine with a trio of friendly animal firefighters as sirens wail, lights flash, fire hoses squirt, and fires blaze in this story that blends action and rhyme with all the details kids want to know about one of their favorite machines. The mix of visual entertainment and lively wordplay ensures that young children will delight in the reading experience, as will the adults fortunate enough to read aloud these irresistible rhymes!

From electric cars to powerful rockets, the internationally bestselling Amazing Machines series is the perfect way for children to learn about all sorts of machines and vehicles! Each book introduces a new vehicle or machine and the many jobs it can do. Ant Parker's bright, engaging artwork and Tony Mitton's simple, rhyming text combine to make these fantastic books for young children.

Kids will love getting to know the friendly animal characters who feature throughout the series and reading about their fast-paced adventures! Continue to explore all things that go with the rest of the Amazing Machines series, including Roaring Rockets, Patrolling Police Cars, and Amazing Airplanes.

About this title

About the Authors

Tony Mitton is a popular children’s poet, whose The Red and White Spotted Handkerchief was the winner of the 2000 Smarties Prize and whose Royal Raps won the 1997 Nottinghamshire Libraries/Dillons Children’s Book Award. He has written a number of picture books including Bumpus Jumpus Dinosaurumpus and Down By the Cool of the Pool. His other titles include collections of poetry for older children.

Ant Parker is well known for his bright, bold and appealing style of artwork. After studying Visual Communications at Bath Academy of Art, he taught papermaking, printing and bookbinding workshops before beginning to illustrate children's books. Ant has illustrated many novelty books for Macmillan Children's Books, including the highly successful Amazing Machines series for Kingfisher and Charlie Chick series for Campbell.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kingfisher
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 075345307X
• ISBN 13: 9780753453070
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Parker Ant
• Number of pages: 24