Planes Go: (Airplane Books for Kids 2-4, Transporation Books for Kids)

by Steve Light

Overview

The helicopter goes, "PITTATATATA PITTATATATA PITTATATATA." The jumbo jet goes, "Wheeeeeeeee VRRRRRRRRRRUUUHHHHHHHHHMMM." The propeller plane goes, "HUK HUK HUK WHIRRRRRRR WHIRRRRRR." Prepare for liftoff with 8 exciting aircraft and the noises they make in this irresistible board book! The long, oversized format lends itself to the shape of the vehicles and stands out on the shelf, and the boisterous text begs to be read aloud.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781452128993
Publisher:	Chronicle Books
Publication date:	08/12/2014
Pages:	16
Sales rank:	145,891
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 11.90(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	6 Months to 2 Years

About the Author

Steve Light is a teacher and storyteller. He lives in New York City.

Editorial Reviews

★ 08/11/2014
Light’s fourth vehicular board book (after Trucks Go, Trains Go, and Diggers Go) is every bit the sensory experience as its predecessors, combining expressive paintings of planes, helicopters, and other airships with sound effects that beg to be shouted and growled. The extreme horizontal trim size is, once again, ideal for conveying a sense of movement as a fighter jet goes “ssssssssswwooooooossshhhhh,” leaving a fiery trail of red and black squiggles behind, and a purple blimp slides between stormy, purple clouds. Up to age 2. Agent: Linda Pratt, Wernick & Pratt. (Aug.)

Publishers Weekly

Airplane-loving tykes won’t be able resist enthusiastically WHHHRRRRing along with these marvelous flying machines.”—Booklist, starred review

"High-flying fun. "—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"Beautiful and incredibly fun to read-aloud."—Three Books a Night

From the Publisher

★ 2014-07-29
Eight flying machines whoosh across Light's extra-wide board-book pages. "The seaplane goes, GGRRRRRRRRRRRRR Putt Putt Putt SSSPLAAASHH! // The helicopter goes, PITTATATTATA PITTATATTATA PITTATATTATA." Readers continue their onomatopoeic journey via jumbo jet, propeller plane, fighter plane and, despite the title, a couple of contraptions that aren't exactly planes, such as a blimp. Light's gestural watercolors in bold colors against white backgrounds capture the planes clearly in profile, but as in Trains Go, Trucks Go and Diggers Go, the blocky type in a rainbow of colors animating the expressive text is what propels readers forward. Would-be readers will probably want to give the book a test flight before sharing it with little ones due to the multiple consonants and vowels. While the reference may be a little dated, the inclusion of the space shuttle provides a welcome change in the playful text as well as the book's orientation: "The space shuttle goes... 3 2 1 LIFT-OFF!" High-flying fun. (Board book. 6 mos.-2)

Kirkus Reviews