A Fire Engine for Ruthie

Ruthie loves to visit Nana. Nana buys Ruthie her favorite foods and takes Ruthie's favorite books out of the library. But Ruthie and Nana don't always like to play with the same things. Nana loves dolls and dress-up clothes. Ruthie loves fire engines that go whee-ooh! whee-ooh! and motorcycles that go vroom! vroom! Nana's neighbor, Brian, gets to play with the fire engines and motorcycles. So why doesn't Ruthie?

Lesléa Newman's insightful story and Cyd Moore's exuberant illustrations capture the loving relationship between Ruthie and Nana, and the reassuring theme that two people can love different things and still love each other.