Title: The Prairie Fire
Author: Marilynn Reynolds
Illustrator: Don Kilby
Publisher: ORCA Book Publishers
Copyright: 1999

When a wild grass fire sweeps through young Perry’s homestead, he must learn to conquer his fears and become a man in a hurry.

Comments:

Marilynn Reynolds does a fantastic job describing the real threats of a prairie fire and the precautions to take when faced with such a disaster, while engaging reader’s at the same time. Everyone will appreciate this captivating and heartwarming story. The realistic, life like pictures accompany the emotional text perfectly, leaving the reader speechless and begging for more.

Genre: RF (Realistic Fiction)
Age Range: 5 – 10