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Also by Maira Kalman:

My Favorite Things, November 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
Why We Broke Up, January 2012
Hardcover
Food Rules, November 2011
Hardcover / e-Book
And The Pursuit Of Happiness, October 2010
Hardcover
The Principles of Uncertainty, October 2007
Hardcover
The Elements of Style Illustrated, October 2005
Hardcover (reprint)
Fireboat, August 2005
Paperback

FIREBOAT
By: Maira Kalman

The Heroic Adventures Of The John J. Harvey

Puffin
August 2005
On Sale: August 4, 2005
48 pages
ISBN: 0142403628
EAN: 9780142403624
Paperback
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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. Winner of the Boston Globe–Horn Book Nonfiction Award An ALA Notable Book A Child Magazine Best Book of the Year A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A Horn Book Fanfare Title A Booklist Editors’ Choice A Booklist Top of the List Winner

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On The Media - September 10, 2011