Amazing Airplanes (Amazing Machines)

Great book, cute drawings and simple explanations. 2 year-old loved it.

A sweet story for young travelers. The animal travelers have adorable expressions, the journey is explained in rhyme but details are factual. I especially appreciate the explanation of how the air lifts the plane, and the explanations of the pre- and post-flight. This book was received with enthusiasm and read daily before/during a long trip. If you're a creative reader (adding to the book with further stories and descriptions), this book can work for as early as 18 months, and could also be an early reader.

Grandkids love planes. This book was a hit. Colorful pictures!

Amazing Airplanes is a cute little book for toddlers and preschoolers interested in airplanes and air travel. While I still find Airport to be the best book for young children on airplanes and flying, Amazing Airplanes definitely has its own charms, and covers some topics not tackled in Airport. The cast of animal characters is appealing, and the illustrations are lighthearted and sometimes comical, such as the gate agent frowning at the "canceled" sign and the Lady Gaga-esque getup on the feline flight attendant. The text does a nice job of explaining complicated concepts such as aerodynamic lift and air traffic control in a simplified way that young audiences can understand. Some topics are not particularly applicable to U.S. domestic air travel, such as flight attendants who bring you "magazines and trays of food to eat," but these are minor points easily skipped or explained if necessary. ("That won't happen on our flight.") On the whole, this is a fun book for young children anticipating an upcoming flight or simply interested in airplanes.

My grandson loves this book so much. I had gotten a nicely illustrated book on planes and we had the Richard Scary Day at the Airport book. I thought he would love the beautifully illustrated book, and he did the first few times it was read, but it was too repetitive for him. Both the Amazing Airplane books and Day at the Airport books I have read to him over and over - Day at the Airport went through all three grandkids and they all loved it. They even listen now when I read it to the two-year old. We skype and they have a copy of the airport book and I have a copy. There is something about the simple illustrations in the Amazing Airplane book he loves so much and he loves to tell me what's on the snack tray and whether or not everyone has their seatbelts on. Day at the Airport too - with all it's busy detail I can't understand why they love it so much but they do - especially finding the green pig chasing his hat in a different place on every page. This showed me that books I think they will like they don't necessarily like. I highly recommend Amazing Airplanes and just bought him for Christmas the little carrying case that has several of the books about different type of transportation. We'll see what he thinks. If he loves them that much I will probably have to buy a set for myself to read to him on Skype. Highly recommend for 2-3 year olds.

cute read!

My 2 year old is obsessed with airplanes and he loves this book. Was skeptical at first but he makes me read this book over and over again. Very cute theme with rhyming. Kept short which is great for little minds.

We wanted to prepare our 2.5 yo for our summer vacation, and he loved reading this book. It described everything he was going to see on the plane so that he was ready for it when we got there. He was excited the see that the plane DID have magazines and drinks :) Easy and fun read, and educated him exactly the way we needed it to. Also small and light, which made it easy to travel with. I think we'll buy some of the other transportation books in the series!

Preferisco quello sulle barche, che Esamina i vari tipi di barca uno ad uno. Questo qui invece Esamina un viaggio in aereo, che può però essere comunque utile per un bambino che sta per intraprendere un viaggio in aereo. Al solito le rime sono molto divertenti e insegnano la pronuncia corretta anche agli adulti

We got this book to prepare our little girl for going on an aeroplane for the first time. We even read it on the plane and it breaks down the process of going through the airport and travelling on the plane. Lovely rhymes and pictures, we ended up getting the others in the series.

as with this whole series, excellent text with nice pictures! Great for learning about flying on a plane!

Nice book awesome delivery

Bellissimo libro in inglese per piccoli lettori appassionati. Disegni divertenti e bei testi. Apprezzo tantissimo la capacità degli autori di spiegare con semplicità i termini tecnici ai più piccoli. Bel modo per introdurli alla lettura di libri più complessi quando saranno autonomi.