The
Monarch
Award:
Illinois'
K-3
Children's Choice Award
2008
Master List
Sponsored by
the
Illinois
School Library Media Association
2008 Nominee: Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. HarveyA fireboat, launched in 1931, is retired after many years of fighting fires along the Hudson River, but is saved from being scrapped and then called into service again on September 11, 2001.
Author/Illustrator: Maira Kalman
Book
Activities
- Discussion questions:
- Language arts:
- Writing: Describe what makes a hero?
- Math: Make a time line of events in the book.
- Science: Research other disasters such as the Titantic,
tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes and tornadoes.
- Social Studies: Study boats and ships and what jobs they
do. Learn about firefighters and how they put fires out.
- Drama: Act out the jobs the owners of the Harvey
performed on 9-11.
- Cooking/Food:
- Art: Discuss how the colors of each page fit the action.
- Music:
- Movement:
Related Books
Firefighters A-Z by Chris Demarest
Fighting Fires by Seymour Simon
New York's Bravest by Mary Pope Osborne
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordecai Gerstein
Websites
2008 Nominee Resources