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By Barbara Schultz
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Adorable George makes firefighting chaotic and fun.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 3+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Read
What's the Story?
When the man with the yellow hat takes Curious George on a field trip to a fire station, George's curiosity about the fire pole and protective clothing leads to his tagging along when the firefighters respond to fire in a pizza parlor. At first, George tries to help the firefighters, but the chief tells him to stay out of the way and sends him to an adjacent park. George sees a bucket of balls and begins juggling them. His antics entertain children, who might otherwise have been scared by the sirens and fire.
Is It Any Good?
Though the new adventures of Curious George aren't as detailed or fresh as the original books, George is always adorable, mischievous, and funny. The illustrations in this book, by Anna Grossnickle Hines, are wonderfully true to the original. Note that in the Kindle edition, the text is quite small, but only part of each page of text can be enlarged at any given time; the reader will need to double-click first on the top portion of a longer paragraph, then again to close that portion, and yet again to enlarge the lower lines.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about George's adventures in books and on television. Which do you like better, the books or the PBS TV show?
Have you ever visited a fire station? What did you see there?
Try juggling balls like George does.
Book Details
- Authors :
- Illustrator : Anna Grossnickle Hines
- Genre : Picture Book
- Topics : Transportation ( Cars & Trucks ) , Adventures , Animals ( Wild Animals )
- Book type : Fiction
- Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Publication date : March 11, 2014
- Publisher's recommended age(s) : 4 - 7
- Number of pages : 24
- Available on : Paperback, Nook, Hardback, Apple Books, Kindle
- Last updated : October 1, 2025
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