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Pete the Cat
Pat Le Chat: Pat Le Pompier
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Pat le chat et les �l�ves de sa classe font une sortie scolaire: ils vont visiter la caserne de pompiers! L�-bas, les �l�ves s'amusent � sonner l'alarme d'incendie, essayer l'�quipement des pompiers et ils ont m�me la chance de monter � bord d'un des camions... Mais quand un vrai feu se d�clenche dans la ville, il est temps pour Pat le chat de passer � l'action!
Pat le chat and his classmates are excited about their field trip to the firehouse. They get to slide down the pole, meet all the brave firefighters, and even try on their helmets and gear. But when the alarm goes off, it's time for Pat to help the firefighters save the day!
Original title: Pete the Cat: Firefighter Pete
Pat le chat et les �l�ves de sa classe font une sortie scolaire: ils vont visiter la caserne de pompiers! L�-bas, les �l�ves s'amusent � sonner l'alarme d'incendie, essayer l'�quipement des pompiers et ils ont m�me la chance de monter � bord d'un des camions... Mais quand un vrai feu se d�clenche dans la ville, il est temps pour Pat le chat de passer � l'action!
Pat le chat and his classmates are excited about their field trip to the firehouse. They get to slide down the pole, meet all the brave firefighters, and even try on their helmets and gear. But when the alarm goes off, it's time for Pat to help the firefighters save the day!
Original title: Pete the Cat: Firefighter Pete
24 pages, Paperback
Published December 1, 2020
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About the author
James Dean
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James Dean is the original creator and illustrator of Pete the Cat. He is a self-taught artist originally from Fort Payne, Alabama. His passion for drawing became apparent at a young age, and as a child, you could find James drawing his favorite characters like Snoopy and Yogi Bear.
James earned his degree in electrical engineering from Auburn University and went on to work for Georgia Power for a number of years. Eventually, he was called to pursue his art full- time and began selling his work at art festivals around the Southeast. It was during this time that he began creating paintings and drawing of his cat, Pete.The little blue cat showed up as a character in James’s artwork around 1999 and has been a permanent fixture ever since.
James Dean’s art has been sold in more than ninety galleries and shops across the United States. He has devoted his paintings to Pete the Cat for fifteen years and turned his natural love for cats into his life’s work. James published his first book, The Misadventures of Pete the Cat, a history of his artwork, in 2006, and he illustrated his first self-published children’s book, Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, in 2008. There are now almost 100 published Pete the Cat titles with more coming out all the time. James is humbled every day by the success that this groovy blue cat has brought him. He says positively affecting children’s lives is his number one priority, and he is grateful to have such an amazing audience to work for.
James Dean is the original creator and illustrator of Pete the Cat. He is a self-taught artist originally from Fort Payne, Alabama. His passion for drawing became apparent at a young age, and as a child, you could find James drawing his favorite characters like Snoopy and Yogi Bear.
James earned his degree in electrical engineering from Auburn University and went on to work for Georgia Power for a number of years. Eventually, he was called to pursue his art full- time and began selling his work at art festivals around the Southeast. It was during this time that he began creating paintings and drawing of his cat, Pete.The little blue cat showed up as a character in James’s artwork around 1999 and has been a permanent fixture ever since.
James Dean’s art has been sold in more than ninety galleries and shops across the United States. He has devoted his paintings to Pete the Cat for fifteen years and turned his natural love for cats into his life’s work. James published his first book, The Misadventures of Pete the Cat, a history of his artwork, in 2006, and he illustrated his first self-published children’s book, Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, in 2008. There are now almost 100 published Pete the Cat titles with more coming out all the time. James is humbled every day by the success that this groovy blue cat has brought him. He says positively affecting children’s lives is his number one priority, and he is grateful to have such an amazing audience to work for.
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September 12, 2018
I know Pete is awesome, but this is just getting silly. Pete goes on a field trip to the fire station and gets to go and actually fight the fire. Just no.
July 30, 2019
A completely average Pete the Cat book. Which is to say, it is OK, but never shows any of the personality that its character design suggests. There are many many better books about fire fighters out there for children.
Also, it might lead very small children to think that firefighters might invite them along to fight a real fire, and that it would be a fun little adventure rather than a terrifying battle.
Also, it might lead very small children to think that firefighters might invite them along to fight a real fire, and that it would be a fun little adventure rather than a terrifying battle.
January 18, 2020
Pete and his class visit the firehouse. Then they get called out to a fire Pete participates in the rescue effort. I appreciate that there's actual peril, with a positive resolution. But it has none of the charm or rhyming or message of the better Pete the Cat books.
October 22, 2024
Pete learns about firefighters firsthand. Tot is fascinated.
March 13, 2020
Really? He goes on a school field trip to the fire station and ends up going out to fight a fire?!
January 20, 2025
Underage cats should not be allowed to help with fire and rescue.
August 27, 2024
You might have to suspend reality when you read this one to your kids. The idea of Pete helping put out a massive fire and rescue a friend was too bizarre for me 😅
January 9, 2025
If you pay close attention with a more mature mind or should I say immature it’s a very inappropriate book with a lot of innuendo😳😬🫨
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November 22, 2018
I just don't "get" Pete the Cat books but my students enjoy them. This one starts off with a class trip to a fire station and I was really enjoying it!! The reader hears about the children sliding down the pole, trying on the gear, and exploring the firetruck; these are all things I've witnessed children getting to experience while visiting a fire station. Then the book takes a turn and becomes make-believe; Pete goes on a dangerous fire call with the firefighters where he puts out the flames and helps rescue someone. Ugh. I wish this book had started out either make-believe or truth-based and then stayed that way instead of switching half way through.
December 8, 2019
The book "Pete the Cat: Firefighter Pete" by James Dean is another tale in the popular "Pete the Cat" series. This story follows Pete as he meets firefighters and spends the day at the local fire station. He gets to try on fire gear, use the water hose, and slide down the fire pole. Young readers will love this fun day at the fire station, as they learn about a popular community helper. James Dean's bold and engaging illustrations, along with engaging use of onomatopoeia, keep the reader entertained. I would use this book while addressing the following Kindergarten standard: "Describe the work that people do such as police officer, firefighter, soldier, mail carrier, farmer, doctor, teacher, etc."
After reading this book, I would have students discuss what a firefighter does everyday at work and how this helps our community.
After reading this book, I would have students discuss what a firefighter does everyday at work and how this helps our community.
April 3, 2019
Typical Pete the Cat artwork. I liked the beginning where Pete's class took a field trip to the fire station and got to crawl around the truck and try out the equipment and learn all about it. I was disappointed, however, in the end when the fire station gets a call and they take Pete along with them and let him help fight the fire. Obviously, this would never happen and I feel like it gives kids the wrong impression. Firefighting takes more than an afternoon of training and I felt like the ending of this book just cheapened the work fire fighters go through to keep us safe. The glorification of Pete at the end for helping "save the day" was just too much - 3 stars instead of the 4 it would have earned with a better ending.
October 1, 2020
Grade range: K-2nd
Genre: Fiction
First off, I loved the illustrations in this book. I think this book is a fun bedtime story or just for Storytime in your classroom. Not much to learn from the book itself could be great use to work on fluency. The book itself grabs the reader’s attention right away by the pictures in the book themselves (very colorful). My favorite part of the book would have to be when the fire truck took up two pages. In the two pages where two cats and it was such a vibrant page.
Genre: Fiction
First off, I loved the illustrations in this book. I think this book is a fun bedtime story or just for Storytime in your classroom. Not much to learn from the book itself could be great use to work on fluency. The book itself grabs the reader’s attention right away by the pictures in the book themselves (very colorful). My favorite part of the book would have to be when the fire truck took up two pages. In the two pages where two cats and it was such a vibrant page.
October 1, 2022
I read this to a group of about 20 kids ages 6 and 7. About 80% liked it. The reason I rated it so low was that it was not 'safe'. Kids sliding down firemen's pole... fun but dangerous (most of the kids I read this to would have lost their grip and fallen a whole flight and be hurt). Kids thinking they can help fight fires with no training? Dangerous! I want them out of the house and away from the fires, not trying to be a hero at age 7. Kids thinking they can handle a firehose? Dangerous.
June 10, 2024
As with most of the newer Pete books, this one lacks the charm of the originals. It's perfectly serviceable as an easy reader for beginners. As others have noted, there is a definite "don't try this at home" element in which a classroom full of kids tour a firehouse on a field trip, but then end up joining the firefighters on a real call and battling a blaze. Yeah, that's not going to happen on your tour of the local firehouse.
November 24, 2018
Pete the Cat and his classmates take a field trip to the local firehouse. They all learn about what firefighters do, and the equipment they use. Suddenly the fire alarm sounds, and Pete the Cat finds himself assisting the firefighters in putting out the fire, and helps save Grumpy Frog from the burning building.
June 23, 2020
Firefighter Pete is an appropriate book which tells the reader how a firefighter keeps others safe by putting out the fire. Here Pete is in the role of a firefighter. Pete also demonstrated how he dressed up in appropriate clothing, ready to put out the/a fire. This is a knowledgeable book for the children about fire safety. This book is more appropriate for 48-60 months age group.
August 23, 2019
Pete the Cat goes on a field trip to the firehouse. Somehow this morphs into Pete actually becoming a firefighter. I feel like that escalated quickly, but Ozman did not. Thinking of seeing if the firefighters I know will give him his own tour of the firehouse, since he enjoyed this book!
November 2, 2019
My son and I enjoyed this book! I prefer the Pete the Cat books without songs in them and liked this one. My son loves Pete the Cat and firefighters/fire trucks, so this was the perfect combo! There's a ton of firefighter books out there, and this one may not be the best, but it's good!
April 24, 2020
Genre: Modern Fantasy
Grade Level: Preschool-3
Pete the cat is a fun cat that explores the fire station. With this book I would use it for career day and when we are feeling a happy book this is a go too.
Grade Level: Preschool-3
Pete the cat is a fun cat that explores the fire station. With this book I would use it for career day and when we are feeling a happy book this is a go too.
May 11, 2020
Firefighter Fun!
This is an adventurist read! First it was just “hey, what do firefighters wear and do!” Then you get to go on a real “fire call!” This book made my kids want to go too!
This is an adventurist read! First it was just “hey, what do firefighters wear and do!” Then you get to go on a real “fire call!” This book made my kids want to go too!
May 29, 2020
A Cute Story
The art has a very charming quality in its simplicity. It reminds me of stories like Walt & Pepper, which I grew up loving. The story itself is also very simple but I think it would be very engaging for a curious or imaginative kid.
The art has a very charming quality in its simplicity. It reminds me of stories like Walt & Pepper, which I grew up loving. The story itself is also very simple but I think it would be very engaging for a curious or imaginative kid.
September 1, 2020
Since when did we bring elementary schoolers in to help with active fires?
The illustrations look like they're made by a 2nd grader. It would be charming if it was self-aware but it is so, so not.
The stickers are nice enough though.
The illustrations look like they're made by a 2nd grader. It would be charming if it was self-aware but it is so, so not.
The stickers are nice enough though.
August 14, 2021
Realistic animal fantasy fun
I just sent this book to my grandsons, along with firefighter hats and so on, so I had to read the book, too. Perfect for young children with plenty of excitement!
I just sent this book to my grandsons, along with firefighter hats and so on, so I had to read the book, too. Perfect for young children with plenty of excitement!
March 25, 2022
This book is very insightfull dude this cat was supposed to be going on a field tripp to a firefire HQ thing nad while hes their he ends up on the mission to save a toad from a building thats on fire. Pretty crazy hoe he did this.
June 14, 2022
In his usual unflappable way Pete and his classmates take a school visit to the fire station to see what it’s like to be a fire fighter, and they even get to go to a real fire where Pete is one of the heroes who rescues Grumpy Toad from the heights of a burning building.
December 8, 2022
Pete the Cat and his class visit the fire station. They learn about the various equipment used in the fire service. Pete the cat helps save the day. Pete helps another firefighter rescue the grumpy toad from a burning building, showing that teamwork is essential.
June 28, 2023
Sure, I will buy-in to anthropomorphic cats riding on a school bus for a class trip to a fire station. But I refuse to suspend my disbelief further when those seemingly elementary age cats are invited along with the firefighters to go respond to a fire.
October 13, 2024
While this book isn't explicitly about fire safety, it does introduce young readers to the heroic act of firefighters and thus can be both a great celebration of firefighters and a entry point into a fire prevention discussion.
May 15, 2025
Their teacher takes Pete the Cat and the other students on an outing to the firehouse. There they get to try on the gear and be taken through the firehouse. When the siren starts ringing, they go with the firefighters in the firetrucks, and Pete helps to make a rescue.
May 31, 2018
Cute book
Another great Pete the cat book. The kids enjoyed it a lot, especially my daughter who aspires to be a firefighter one day.
Another great Pete the cat book. The kids enjoyed it a lot, especially my daughter who aspires to be a firefighter one day.
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