Brassy The Fire Engine Saves the City by Dennis Smith

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Brassy The Fire Engine Saves the City

by Dennis Smith
Illustrated by Justin Miller

Brassy The Fire Engine Saves the City has the most adorable anthropomorphized vehicle I've ever seen. Move over Dumpy the Dump Truck - this guy is cute! Brassy is a small fire engine with a hard working heart and some best firefighter friends: Captain Bill, Firefighter Pat and Firefighter Nancy. Brassy does a great job for the city until progress inevitably pushed a little firefighter out to a less used fire station. Until...well, as the title tells you - he saves the city. There are no surprises in this story but it moves along nicely and the illustrations are so sweet that you just want to hug the little truck. This book would be especially great for very young children at the fire truck obsession age. They can learn a little about fire stations and fire trucks. So, if you have a junior firefighter in your family, Brassy might be the perfect buddy for him.

The Book

LB Kids, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company

October 2005

Hardcover Picture book

0316761354

Children's fiction [Ages 4 - 8]

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The Reviewer

Jan Fields

Reviewed 2005

NOTE: Reviewer Jan Fields is the editor of Kid Magazine Writers emagazine and has written dozens of stories and articles for the children's magazine market.