Tito The Firefighter:Tito El B

by Tim Hoppey, Kimberly Hoffman (Illustrator), Eida de la Vega (Translator)

A New York firefighter answers an emergency call but he cannot speak Spanish. A neighborhood boy translates and is an honorary bombero for the day. Story told in English with sprinkling of Spanish throughout.

Genres: Picture Books, Spanish Literature, Childrens

32 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2004

Reviews

[Hillary]

This book was great to add to the Community Helpers text set that I used it for. It also helped that it was bilingual and would work great in my classroom. The pictures were realistic and had a great plot.

[Jennifer]

Fun story with some great basic Spanish words, easy for kids to begin learning.

[Heather]

Great community service book for 2-3rd grade.

[Miss Sarah]

A young Spanish speaking boy helps firefighters in his neighborhood when a Spanish speaking man needs help. Preschool and up

[Rolf]

Solid vocab review.

[Jackie]

Love this book! It written in English and Spanish. It talks about Tito's Uncle who is a firefighter. I never heard as a child that we could grow up and anything more than a laborer or factory worker. This a story of pride and encouragement. It shows Hispanic children that any dream is achievable it you are willing to work for it.

[Bonnie Jean]

This is a fun book about a little boy from East Harlem whose bilingual abilities let him work with the firefighters for a day. There are not a ton of books these days that can keep my 2-year-old's attention start to finish, but this one he's asked for over and over again.

[Jacqueline]

Very life like art with a matching storyline. While this would not make a good read aloud, I did like that the Spanish words were highlighted in read for easy explaining.

[Terry]

See our review at the Reading Tub

[Christine Turner]

ATA Storytime Kit -- Communication, Language, Community, Firefighters, ?

"Tito admires his neighborhood bomberos (firefighters) and dreams of becoming a bombero himself. One day his ability to speak both English and Spanish actually helps the firefighters save the day."

Subject: Fire fighters -- Juvenile fiction.
Fire extinction -- Juvenile fiction.
Communication -- Juvenile fiction