Fred the Firefighter

by Felicity Brooks, Jo Litchfield (Illustrator)

Follow an exciting day in the life of Fred and his crew as they zoom through the town on their big red fire engine, ready for any emergency. Felicity Brooks, Illustrated by Jo LitchfieldReading Ages 4-8 24 pages, Paperback Usborne Books (December 2004) 978-0794514969

Genres: Picture Books

23 pages, Paperback

First published April 30, 2004

About the author

Felicity Brooks is an Editorial Director and writer at Usborne Publishing. She studied English and Drama at Exeter University and worked as an actor, teacher and lexicographer (someone who compiles dictionaries) before starting work in children’s publishing in the late 1980s.

She has written and edited hundreds of children’s books, including stories and novelty books for pre-schoolers and books about history, geography, languages, science, maths, nature and the arts.

Her books have won the TES Senior Information Book Award, the Aventis Science Books Prize, the SLA Information Book Award, the Sheffield Baby Books Award and Practical Pre-school Gold and Silver Awards.

Reviews

[Hilary · Rating 5 out of 5]

Must've read this a dozen times since we checked it out of the library. The toddler loves the pictures and story, and I have fond memories of other Usborne books with helpful labels all over the place.

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[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

we loved following the map to see exactly how the fire truck got to the fire, a detail I haven't seen in other fire fighting kids books

[Brittney · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Fred the Firefighter" is an exciting book for young readers. Fred and his crew race through town with their fire engine to save the town. It is a great informational book about firefighters.