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First printing. SIGNED by Slater on the title page. A "dreamy ode" to firefighter and their heroic actions: "At night, a girl hears the sirens from the fire station near her house. Even though it is dark outside, she knows where they are going: to a castle, to a garden, all the way to Pluto..." Illustrated with lively acrylic and pastel full-color paintings by Nicoletta Ceccoli. Large format, unpaginated, in glossy illustrated board (32 pp.) Promotional postcard laid in. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.) .ISBN # 0-618554599 

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