If My Love Were a Fire Truck: A Daddy's Love Song: 1 - Hardcover

Reynolds, Luke

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1101937408 ISBN 13: 9781101937402

Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 2017

Synopsis

A father s love for his son goes "zoom, swoosh, vroom, boom!" in this energetic, adventurous, and action-packed tribute to fathers and sons. Great for Father s Day or any day with Dad.
The bond between a father and his son is as powerful as a rocket ship blasting into space, a giant whale splashing across the ocean, and booming, colorful fireworks lighting up the night sky. Celebrating that one-of-a-kind relationship between Dad and his favorite little guy, "If My Love Were a Fire Truck" is a rhyming love song from fathers to sons that will become a cherished part of their lives for many years to come."

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Review

A Bank Street College of Education 2018 Best Children's Book of the Year

"This bedtime story reassures and entertains. A guaranteed hit for vehicle lovers."--School Library Journal

"an uplifting message of comfort and commitment."--Publishers Weekly

"An opening for parent-child pairs to use their own imaginations to see where love will take them."--Kirkus

"Luke Reynolds offers extravagant metaphors for paternal affections . . . a series of tenderhearted comparisons matched with colorful, exuberant pictures by Jeff Mack."--The Wall Street Journal

"a lovely bedtime story offering reassurance in a fun way."--The Washington Post

"A memorable bedtime lullaby that compares a father's love for his son with all the fantastic things he loves--from fire trucks to rocket ships to wild animals."--readbrightly.com

About the Author

LUKE REYNOLDS has been a teacher for eleven years and is the author of the middle-grade novel "The Looney Experiment, " a number of books for teachers, including "A Call to Creativity" and "Burned In, " and the picture book "Bedtime Blastoff!" Currently completing his PhD in Education at Boston College, Luke is also a full-time seventh grade English teacher in the public school system in Harvard, Massachusetts. He is married and has two young sons.
JEFF MACK has written and illustrated a wide range of children s books, including "Good News Bad News, The Things I Can Do, Frog and Fly, Ah Ha!, " and the Hippo and Rabbit series, earning him three Texas 2x2 awards, a Colorado Bell Award, a Pennsylvania Family Literacy Award, a New York Public Library Best Book of the Year Award, a Bank Street Best Book of the Year award, and an Illinois Monarch Award nomination. He is also the creator of the Clueless McGee series and the illustrator of James Howe s "Bunnicula and Friends" and Eve Bunting s "Hurry! Hurry!" Visit him online at jeffmack.com."

About this edition

• Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1101937408
• ISBN 13: 9781101937402
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Mack Jeff