If My Love Were a Fire Truck

A Daddy's Love Song

Illustrated by Jeff Mack
A father's love for his son goes zoom, swoosh, vroom, boom! This energetic, adventurous, action-packed lullaby about the bond between a father and his son is perfect for Valentine's Day, Father's Day, and any day!

Together, a father and his son are as powerful as a rocket ship blasting into space, a giant whale splashing across the ocean, and booming, colorful fireworks lighting up the night sky. Celebrating the one-of-a-kind relationship between Dad and his favorite little guy, If My Love Were a Fire Truck is a rhyming love song from fathers to sons that will become a cherished part of their lives for many years to come.

A Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year


"A lovely bedtime story offering reassurance in a fun way."—The Washington Post
  • SELECTION | 2018
    Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year
LUKE REYNOLDS is the author of the picture books If My Love Were a Fire Truck and Bedtime Blastoff! as well as the middle-grade nonfiction books Fantastic Failures and Surviving Middle School, and the middle-grade novel The Looney Experiment. After teaching English for many years in public schools in Connecticut and Massachusetts, Luke is now an Assistant Professor of Education at Endicott College. Although he earned a Ph.D from Boston College, his greatest learning experience was being a paperboy—first at age 11, and then again at age 32. Luke and his wife, Jennifer, have three sons. Visit Luke online at lukewreynolds.com. View titles by Luke Reynolds

JEFF MACK has written and illustrated a wide range of children’s books, including If My Love Were a Fire TruckHush Little Polar BearGood News Bad News, Duck in the Fridge, Frog and Fly, Hippo and Rabbit and the Mr. Monkey series, earning him three Texas 2x2 awards, a Colorado Bell Award, a Pennsylvania Family Literacy Award, a New York Public Library Best Book of the Year Award, a Bank Street Best Book of the Year award, and an Illinois Monarch Award nomination. Visit him online at jeffmack.com.

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About

A father's love for his son goes zoom, swoosh, vroom, boom! This energetic, adventurous, action-packed lullaby about the bond between a father and his son is perfect for Valentine's Day, Father's Day, and any day!

Together, a father and his son are as powerful as a rocket ship blasting into space, a giant whale splashing across the ocean, and booming, colorful fireworks lighting up the night sky. Celebrating the one-of-a-kind relationship between Dad and his favorite little guy, If My Love Were a Fire Truck is a rhyming love song from fathers to sons that will become a cherished part of their lives for many years to come.

A Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year


"A lovely bedtime story offering reassurance in a fun way."—The Washington Post

Awards

  • SELECTION | 2018
    Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year

Author

LUKE REYNOLDS is the author of the picture books If My Love Were a Fire Truck and Bedtime Blastoff! as well as the middle-grade nonfiction books Fantastic Failures and Surviving Middle School, and the middle-grade novel The Looney Experiment. After teaching English for many years in public schools in Connecticut and Massachusetts, Luke is now an Assistant Professor of Education at Endicott College. Although he earned a Ph.D from Boston College, his greatest learning experience was being a paperboy—first at age 11, and then again at age 32. Luke and his wife, Jennifer, have three sons. Visit Luke online at lukewreynolds.com. View titles by Luke Reynolds

JEFF MACK has written and illustrated a wide range of children’s books, including If My Love Were a Fire TruckHush Little Polar BearGood News Bad News, Duck in the Fridge, Frog and Fly, Hippo and Rabbit and the Mr. Monkey series, earning him three Texas 2x2 awards, a Colorado Bell Award, a Pennsylvania Family Literacy Award, a New York Public Library Best Book of the Year Award, a Bank Street Best Book of the Year award, and an Illinois Monarch Award nomination. Visit him online at jeffmack.com.

View titles by Jeff Mack

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