About This Book:
From the author of the bestselling This Little series comes the first in a new line of board books about the science behind everyday things—this one about things that fly!
Show little ones how big vehicles work and introduce the inventors behind them through simple rhyming text and vibrant illustrations with this engaging board book. From hot air balloons to airplanes to spacecrafts and beyond, Big Stuff Planes, Rockets, Spacecraft! connects the dots between people and the technology they create and gives age-appropriate explanations of scientific concepts like rocket propulsion and power hydraulics!
*Review Contributed By Connie Reid, Staff Reviewer*
Perfect for young aviators!
What Worked:
Looks can be deceiving. I was pleasantly surprised by how thorough the information was on all things that can fly contained in this book. With the title and illustrations on the cover, I expected a simplistic book just naming basic things that fly like airplanes and rockets meant for very young children. This book contains fun facts, detailed diagrams, and extensive examples of aircraft from the basic plane to the SR-71 Blackbird, and much more! It uses actual vocabulary like yaw, pitch, and thrust, but does simplify it so that even fairly young children could grasp the basic concepts. For avid aviator fans, this book is perfect for helping them master advanced knowledge beyond identification while still being easy enough to understand. The illustrations and diagrams were well done. However, the information was so good I think real photographs would have complimented the writing better. I would expect this book to do well with children 4-6 years of age.
Looks can be deceiving. I was pleasantly surprised by how thorough the information was on all things that can fly contained in this book. With the title and illustrations on the cover, I expected a simplistic book just naming basic things that fly like airplanes and rockets meant for very young children. This book contains fun facts, detailed diagrams, and extensive examples of aircraft from the basic plane to the SR-71 Blackbird, and much more! It uses actual vocabulary like yaw, pitch, and thrust, but does simplify it so that even fairly young children could grasp the basic concepts. For avid aviator fans, this book is perfect for helping them master advanced knowledge beyond identification while still being easy enough to understand. The illustrations and diagrams were well done. However, the information was so good I think real photographs would have complimented the writing better. I would expect this book to do well with children 4-6 years of age.
