"All is quiet inside the Busytown Firehouse early in the morning. Snozzle, Smokey, Sparky and Squirty sleep soundly in their beds. "Drrinnng!!!" sounds the alarm. The four firefighters jump from their beds, put on their helmets, and slide down the pole. So begins Richard Scarry's Busy Day Storybook "The Firefighters' Busy Day". Read to find out more about Mr. Frumble and the firefighters!
Over 750 detailed, high-quality illustrations from rare 19th-century sources: suits of armor, chain mail, swords, helmets, knives, crossbows and other implements, along with scenes of battle, soldiers, horses, artillery and more.
It is the dawn of World War II, and Neville Chamberlain believes he has bought "peace for our time" from Adolph Hitler, who has just seized Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland. The English are alarmed by the huge German army, while the soldiers that would defend London don't even have steel helmets. For many, compromise and appeasement seem to be England's best defense.
