NYC BOOK AWARD 2002
Fireboat
Maira Kalman
The John J. Harvey fireboat was the largest, fastest, shiniest fireboat of its time, but by 1995, the city didn’t need old fireboats anymore. So the Harvey retired, until a group of friends decided to save it from the scrap heap. Then, one sunny September day in 2001, something so horrible happened that the whole world shook. And a call came from the fire department, asking if the Harvey could battle the roaring flames. In this inspiring true story, Maira Kalman brings a New York City icon to life and proves that old heroes never die.
"The story of an abandoned Fireboat that became a hero during the rescue mission from the World Trade Center. A beautifully illustrated and imaginatively moving book for the children,
Fireboat deals with 9/11 in both a personal and humanely artistic way." - Wendy Wasserstein
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