Hotshots!

by Chris L. Demarest

Book Overview

Sparks from a train ignite a field baked for days. Then winds whip it into a fast-running blaze. With fire now spreading out of control, the hotshots are called. They're ready to roll. What are... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689848161
• ISBN13: 9780689848162
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.3" x 12.5"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A simple and engaging picturebook for beginning readers

Written and illustrated by Chris L. Demarest, Hotshots! is a simple and engaging picturebook for beginning readers about "hotshots" - elite firefighters who are trained to brave wildfires and dig trenches to limit the destruction of land and wildlife. Unforgettable and dramatic full-color illustrations fill the pages of this simple yet memorable story about those amazing men and women who risk their lives to protect land, animals, and people from the ravages of forest fires.

Not just another firefighting book

This one describes those elite crews we hear about all summer battling wildland fires. Simple, yet illustrative text that complements the bold, large as life illustrations. Accurately depicts the work of the Hotshots. If your kids love firefighters as mine do they will love this book.