Fire Truck

By: Peter Sis (1998)

This book is about a young boy that loves fire trucks that one day he turns into a fire truck. He goes around town doing all of the things that fire trucks do, including rescuing cats and putting out fires. He then smells breakfast so he turns back into a boy and eats some pancakes.

I liked this book because it was a funny story that showed pictures of a boy literally turning into a fire truck. The pictures and words were very simple but the story was cute and I think kids would enjoy his vivid imagination.

This was a short, simple book about a boy's imagination that I would only be appropriate to read in probably either a kindergarten or first grade classroom. When he first turned into a fire truck they showed the different things that he had (1 driver, 2 ladders, 3 hoses, etc.) and I think this could be used to help practice counting. Students could also be asked to think of and write about what would happen if they turned into a fire truck like the boy in this story.