The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Yee, Wong Herbert

Fireman Small--Fire Down Below!

32 pp. | Houghton | September, 2001 | Trade ISBN 0-618-00707-5 $$15.00

(2) PS Staying at the Pink Hotel, Fireman Small smells smoke. After evacuating the building in the pouring rain, he chops holes in the roof, creating a giant drain--a brilliant idea that will appeal to preschoolers and their unremitting fascination with drains of all kinds. The rhyming text and comical illustrations of various animal characters keep the tone light, as our barely bigger-than-a-hydrant hero neatly averts disaster.

Reviewer: Jennifer M. Brabander | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2001