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Bezig met laden... Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey (2002)door Maira Kalman
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This is a historical fiction novel about the John J. Harvey fireboat. It begins by talking about all the amazing things that were happening in New York during 1931, one of those including the launching of the John J. Harvey fireboat. This boat was something special, of the 12 fireboats in New York City it was the best. During its time the boat travelled around the river putting out on fire at a time. However, over time the Harvey began to be considered useless so for five years it sat next to the pier waiting to be sold. One group of friends came up with a brilliant idea to redo and save the Harvey. Many people doubted the Harvey's ability to be used to put out fires. Then one day airplanes crashed into the Twin Towers. On that day the Harvey was used as a main source for water (many pipes had bursted in the attack). For four days they fought the fires of the 9/11 attacks. The John J. Harvey was a hero and received many awards for it's heroism. 36 months - We quite enjoyed this book and read it a few times. Picture books based on real events always have a nice depth of story and emotion as well as a good learning opportunity to discuss what happened. In this case we didn't do that as 3 yrs seems a bit young to explain the horrors of 9/11 especially with a child still grieving the loss of a dog and two cats who asks "If we get another pet will it die?". Nope not at all ready to explain this insanity. This book starts out to be a great books that talks about fireboats. Its talks about the sections of the boats and who it takes to run the boat. Then it goes on to talk about how the boat was used to help fight the fires from the twin towers being attacked. The John J. Harvey (which this book is particularly about) was used for 4 days to pump water for the fire fighters and ran the whole time. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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A fireboat, launched in 1931, is retired after many years of fighting fires along the Hudson River, but is saved from being scrapped and then called into service again on September 11, 2001. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Beautifully written and illustrated, Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey had me tearing up on more than one occasion. I was already familiar with the amazing story of the many boats that came to the aid of the people trapped in lower Manhattan on that day, ferrying over 500,000 people to safer locations in New Jersey, Connecticut and elsewhere in New York state in the largest maritime rescue in history. My mother was on one of those boats, and ended up in New Jersey. There's a powerful documentary about it, BOATLIFT - An Untold Tale of 9/11 Resilience, that I recommend. That said, the story of the John J. Harvey was unknown to me, and I am glad to have learnt about it through author/illustrator Maira Kalman's wonderful book. The text was understated but emotionally resonant, the artwork powerful. Recommended to those seeking children's books about 9/11, and about the resilience of the human spirit. ( )