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KIDS' FIRE BOOK REVIEWS
For Young Adults and Children
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| Young Child | Young Adult Non-Fiction |
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| Young Adult Fiction | Dolls - Smokejumper & Firefighter |
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| Flying Firefighters | Be the first to rate this book! |
| Fire in the Forest: A Cycle of Growth and Renewal |  About fire's effects on ecosystems in the Rocky Mountains. Basic book, showing that fire is a part of the natural cycle of life and death and cycling of the environment. Some fine illustrations that show the stages that are described, pre-fire, fire and post-fire. Good for young children and older ones... and their parents. Tahoe Terrie |
| Forest Fire! (Fraser) | This is a well illustrated book on the effects of Wildland fire that we found in a National Park bookstore. Starting with a decadent forest (naturally) it goes through the life cycle starting with a lightning fire to show how the forest responds over time. Detailed illustrations show details as small as the insects in the forest. All the kids (from 4-11) enjoy this book and we re-read it often at bedtime. While the book does show how fire can be destructive (injuring animals, killing plants, etc.) it also shows how the forest responds with re-growth and that it is all part of a cycle. 5 chainsaws BLMgirl |
| Forest Fires (A New True Book. Erlbach) | Be the first to rate this book! |
| Hotshots! | Zero Saws! Just
got back from the Pot Peak fire ('04) and went to the library to get a book for
my kids. I found this one children's book that's pretty weird. NOT A GOOD LESSON TO BE TEACHING. Zero Saws! Not recommended. |
| Smokejumpers One to Ten | Be the first to rate this book! |
| Young Adult NonFiction | |
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| Epitaph for the Giants |
Epitaph for the Giants, The Story of the Tillamook Burn is the fascinating story of a fire that burned 411,000 coastal Oregon acres near my home in a couple of weeks in August 1933. (I wasn't born yet!) About 250,000 acres burned in one day when the fire blew up and rained ash and tree parts down on ships 500 miles out at sea! Kemp intersperses daily fire reports with current newspaper headlines to provide the historical context. Good factual companion book for "Fire on the Wind" if you have a young person you're sharing the Tillamook fire story with. Five chainsaws. Cheryl |
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Ferocious
Fires (Natural Disasters) |
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| Fire & Flood (Natural Disasters) | Be the first to rate this book! |
| Fire-Fighting Aircraft and Smoke JumpersAircraft | Be the first to rate this book! |
| Fire: Friend or Foe |
This is a really *fine* book geared toward youngsters, but will probably be enjoyed by the FF reading it to the child as well. The book is a photo essay, about 80 pages in large kid-sized print. It's 9"x11.5" format and is lovely enough to have on your coffee table as a point of interest for adults. The photos by William Munoz make up more than half the book and are outstanding. Dr. Dorothy Hinshaw Patent who writes extensively for children, tells a balanced scientific story of the role of fire in the environment, including sections on people and fire and plant adaptations to fire. She then goes on to describe fighting wildland fire and discusses the role of prescribed fire. Very educational and a lovely book. Great photographs! Fine job by Munoz. AL |
| Fire: Friend or Foe | Be the first to rate this book! |
| Fires (Natural Disasters. Gentle & Perry) | Be the first to rate this book! |
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Forest Fire (A Disaster! Book) |
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| Forest Fires (Forces of Nature) | Be the first to rate this book! |
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Forest
Fires (High Interest Books) |
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| Forest Fires (Natural Disasters. Drohan) | Be the first to rate this book! |
| Forest Fires (Natural Disasters. Salas) | Be the first to rate this book! |
| Forest Fires, Run for Your Life | Be the first to rate this book! |
| Smoke Jumpers, Working Together | Be the first to rate this book! |
| Smokejumpers (Landau & Klaffke) | Be the first to rate this book! |
| Smokejumpers Battling the Forest Flames | Be the first to rate this book! |
| Smokejumpers: Life Fighting Fires (Extreme Careers) | Be the first to rate this book! |
| Summer of Fire: Yellowstone 1988 |
Nothing too special about this one for the adult fire community. Good educational book for the general public or a "basic fire suppression/ecology" book you'll most likely find in the high school library. I give this book 2 chainsaws. AZ Trailblazer I agree with AZ Trailblazer on this. Format is 9.5"x11" and it has lots of photos. It was published in 1991 and photographic technology has advanced since then. It has some good basic information on the summer of the Yellowstone fire, the benefits of fire in the ecosystem, and how plants, birds, and mammals fare. All new stuff at the time. But neither the photos nor the message "shines" in the way that Fire: Friend or Foe does. 3 Saws. AL |
| The Great Yellowstone Fire | Be the first to rate this book! |
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Wildfire (Cone) |
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| Wildfires (First Book) | Be the first to rate this book! |
| Wildfires (Science Links) | Be the first to rate this book! |
| Wildland Fire Fighting | Be the first to rate this book! |
| Yellowstone Fires: Flames and Rebirth |
By Dr. Dorothy Hinshaw Patent, this book was published in 1990. It had a new message and nice photographs when it was first published. However, given what we know today, the message is not so new. Photography, also, has come a long way in 10 years. While this book is OK, I would recommend with unbridled enthusiasm her newer book Fire: Friend or Foe, which covers much of the same information with Munoz's photos and some information on Yellowstone. AL |
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| Fire in the Wind | A story about recklessness and responsibility finds
Meg fighting a wildfire that threatens her home. . . Be the first to rate this book! |
| Fire on the Wind |
Fire on the Wind, by Linda Crew is an historical fictional account of a logging-camp teenage girl, Storie, who lived through the Tillamook fire of 1933. Presentation of the narrative alternates her story with brief vignettes of others who are experiencing the fire many miles away. Most who fought fire in those days worked for the logging companies or were part of the CCC. (and no PPE!) While this book is geared toward teens, I found it very interesting, especially in conjunction with the historical book "Epitaph for the Giants" on the adult fire page. I got a real sense of historical western firefighting roots, values, and language. 5 saws, especially for teens! Cheryl |
| John Blair and the Great Hinckley Fire | Be the first to rate this book! |
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firefighter doll at Amazon! Price: $19.98 Not available now. |
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Or how about a smokejumper
doll? Price: $19.98 Not available now. |
