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Book Series Title: The Adventures of Rusty the Forgotten Fire Engine by Joe Fisher
Category: Children's Fiction (Ages 4-8)
Genre: Children's Fiction
Publisher: Angler Publishing
Release date: May 2017, August 2021
Content Rating: G for children.
Book Title: Rusty the Forgotten Fire Engine (The Adventures of Rusty the Forgotten Fire Engine) by Joe Fisher
Category: Children's Fiction (Ages 4-8), 32 pages
Genre: Children's Fiction
Publisher: Angler Publishing
Release date: May 2017
Content Rating: G for children.
When the Mayor Himself decides the town of Someport-by-the-Sea needs a new fire engine the Fire Chief picks a shiny, bright red one that has all the latest tools needed to put out fires. The new fire engine becomes the joy of the children in town and the pride of the fireman and townspeople alike.
But after many years the fire engine becomes old and worn until everyone begins to laugh and call it Rusty. Sad and forlorn Rusty is ignored and forgotten. Then during the 4th of July parade in a summer like no other Rusty saves the day in a most surprising and unusual way.
Rusty the Forgotten Fire Engine tells the story of a fire engine and the fireman and boy who love him. It is a lighthearted and multi-layered story, richly told, that will appeal to children and adults alike.
Whimsical illustrations create an air of fantasy, drawing children into Rusty’s world while stimulating their imaginations as they follow Rusty’s journey from hero to outcast and back again.
The surprise ending brings the tale to a heart-warming and satisfying conclusion that reveals all things have hidden value that is waiting to be released. Rusty the Forgotten Fire Engine is a classic story of love, loss, transformation and redemption.
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Book Title: Rusty Goes to Water World (The Adventures of Rusty the Forgotten Fire Engine) by Joe Fisher
Category: Children's Fiction (Ages 4-8), 36 pages
Genre: Children's Fiction
Publisher: Angler Publishing
Release date: August 2021
Content Rating: G for children.
The townspeople of Someport-by-the-Sea want to honor Rusty for saving them during the “Summer Like No Other” so the Mayor Himself decides a park should be named in Rusty’s honor. But, finding the right place is not as easy as it sounds. Then when students at Sea Stone Elementary take Rusty on their end of year celebration at Water World things don’t go as planned.
Just as Mr. Spritz the Manager of Water World is about to close the park because of an equipment failure, Rusty, with the help of Fireman Jim and Mike the Deputy Fire Chief, once again saves the day and in the process finds a new home in a water park that bears his name.
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GUEST POST
Reading to Children: The Gift that Kept on Giving
By Joe Fisher
I come from a family of readers who share. When my siblings and I were young my father read to us regularly and separately. The story I requested every time he did was Rikki Tikki Tavi, Kipling’s classic tale of a mongoose and snake in a fight to the death, with rule over the garden in a Colonial Indian household the prize for the winner.
Rikki Tikki Tavi is long and reading it represented a significant commitment by my father. Nonetheless, he did it periodically commenting every time that his father read it to him when he was a boy. Message delivered I dutifully read it to my son when he was young as I know he will do when his children are the right age. A hundred year old tradition kept alive over four generations now waiting for the fifth.
That was not the end or the story, however. My father continued to read to us as we grew. He was a rural physician right out of a Norman Rockwell painting. His day consisted of long office hours followed by family dinner with house calls after. Dinner and house calls were our opportunity to spend time with him. Every night one of my siblings or I went with him on his house calls. Driving from one farm to the next was the time we had with him all to ourselves.
Because his day end was unpredictable, my mother waited for dinner for him every night so we could all be together in one place at one time during the day. It was a hard and fast rule. If he had a day overflowing with patients, had to deal with an emergency or some other contingency, we waited no matter how hungry we got.
My father when he arrived used the occasion to read to us again. He brought some selection to the dinner table each evening. It was an eclectic mix, contemporary stories, articles from the newspaper but his preference was the classics. Were expected to listen and comment when he finished.
I recall he once read us Le Morte D’authur, Sir Thomas Malory’s 500-year old saga of the Knights of the Round Table at dinner. With the omnipresent depictions of medieval battle I’m pretty sure the story appealed to me than my three sister what with all the cleaving people into their brain pans and such. Even later we offspring were encouraged to bring selections to the table that we could read and discuss.
He influenced our lives in many ways high among them was his gift of reading to us. Showing the way with the implication that we should do the same once we were parents.
Review: The townspeople had just survived “The Summer like No Other” and were delighted to celebrate. They were especially grateful to Rusty, the old fire engine. How could they possibly thank Rusty for getting them through the summer? A statue? Naming a street after him? Or how about making the day a Rusty Day on the calendar? Then the town mayor decided to dedicate a park to Rusty. But where to find this park?
Days, weeks, and months passed that eventually the idea for the park—and Rusty—soon became forgotten. Everyone forgot about Rusty…except the elementary school kids.
The kids wanted to take Rusty to Water World. What a fun day it was! But then something happens that might end up closing Water World for all the kids. Oh no!
Can Rusty save Water World?
Find out in this delightfully charming tale.
The illustrations were so dynamic and colorful with a fun and innocent child-like wonder. The characters were comical and almost like a cartoon. They were a real joy.
A nice summer read!
Rating: 5 stars
After successful careers in market research and public health consulting, Joe now writes fulltime from his home base in Sanibel Island, Florida.
Like his career, his writing is wide ranging from academic books to works for the trade including:
- Killer Among Us: Public Reactions to Serial Murder,
- The Next Breath: New Life After Near Death
- His work has earned praise from Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, The Library Journal, The Miami Herald and the New England Journal of Medicine among others.
- Book 1 – Rusty the Forgotten Fire Engine
- Book 2 – Rusty Goes to Water World
In addition, a fourth children’s book, Ospreys in the Outfield: A Sanibel Story will be available in the fall 2022.
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My brother is a firefighter and this would be perfect for my nephew!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great book for my grandkids.
ReplyDeleteBoth books look cute and perfect for my son to read!
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