Beavin, Kristi. Horn Book Magazine (November 1998): 768. This is a review of John McDonough's audiorecording of The Great Fire. Says Beavin, "New nonfiction from any of the handful of children's authors whose works give equal weight to research and literary value is always an event; when one such work appears in audio format, it's time for celebration. Jim Murphy is one of those authors, and this is one of those audiobooks."

Bradburn, Frances. Booklist 91, 19-20 Qune 1, 1995): 1757. An admiring review of The Great Fire.

Bush, Margaret A. Horn Book Magazine 71, 3 (May-June 1995): 343-344. Recommends The Great Fire as a well-written, informative book.

The Great Fire 133 Harris, Karen. Booklist 95,12 (February 15, 1999): 1084. This has several brief reviews of audiorecordings of books for young people, including John McDonough's audiotape recording of The Great Fire. Harris says, "The scholarly writing of The Great Fire is nicely matched by McDonough's reading; the work...