Firefighters in the Dark
At night, a girl hears the sirens from the fire station near her house. Even though it's dark outside, she knows where they are going:
to a castle, to a garden, all the way to Pluto . . .
Dashka Slater and Nicoletta Ceccoli have crafted a dreamy ode to firefighters everywhere and the big, brave, spectacular feats they accomplish every day, and every night—all the world over.
Praise for Firefighters in the Dark
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“Slater and Ceccoli are ideally paired, with the incantatory rhythm of the prose mirroring the velvety surfaces and Zen-like vibe of the acrylic and pastel paintings. The result is a book that's both engrossing and lulling — a wonderfully offbeat choice for bedtime.”
—Publishers Weekly
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“Ceccoli’s beautiful, lyrical illustrations, in acrylics and pastels, give a mythic quality to Slater’s tale of firefighting derring-do, told by a little girl snugly asleep in her bed and imagining where the sirens are going . . . Endearingly, Slater captures a young child’s view of the world and a very different role for firefighters than usually seen by this audience.”
—Kirkus Reviews
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“Snug in her bed, a youngster hears a distant siren and dreams of firefighters’ brave escapades. Slater’s rhythmic, sometimes rhyming prose captures the child’s enthusiasm . . . Ceccoli’s dreamy, luminescent paintings perfectly suit the story . . . A perfect choice for bedtime reading.”
—School Library Journal