Fire！ Fire！ Said Mrs. McGuire

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Product Description

Smoke is rising in the city, but help is on the way. Join the rescue brigade on a wild adventure at the scene of a most un-expected fire! A lively rhyming text, hilarious illustrations, and an outrageous cast of funny females will keep children laughing all the way to the surprise ending. “From beginning to end, Egielski’s rumble-tumble stage business and inventive subplots combine with Martin’s comic puns and rhythmic verve to make this picture book a five-alarm delight.”--Publishers Weekly

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A modern adaptation of an old nursery rhyme, Fire! Fire! Said Mrs. McGuire combines the whimsical illustrations of Caldecott Award-winning illustrator Richard Egielski with the playful one-liners of Bill Martin. When Mrs. McGuire, a television news anchor, hears about a fire from a reporter flying over the city in a helicopter, a hilarious transfer of information begins. "'Where? Where?'" said Mrs. Bear. 'Downtown!' said Mrs. Brown." The story climaxes as the fire department arrives in a flurry to extinguish a blaze that turns out to be the candles on elderly Mrs. Wear's birthday cake.