Amazing Aeroplanes (Amazing Machines)

Book Description

Jet above the clouds with a loopy animal crew in this exhilarating picture book. Zippy wordplay, zappy art, plus a picture dictionary make learning about aeroplanes fun!

Book Description
An aeroplane’s amazing, for it travels through the sky, above the clouds, for miles and miles, so very fast and high! Jet above the clouds in this picture book with playful art, a kooky animal crew and a brilliant picture dictionary. The story CD lets children follow along with the jolly rhyming text, with music and fun sound effects to accompany the reading. It’s the perfect way to learn about aeroplanes — at bedtime, on car journeys, or anytime at all! –This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author
Tony Mitton is a popular children’s poet, whose The Red and White Spotted Handkerchief (Scholastic) was the winner of the 2000 Smarties Prize and whose Royal Raps (Orchard) won the 1997 Nottinghamshire Libraries/Dillons Children’s Book Award. He has written a number of picture books including Bumpus Jumpus Dinosaurumpus and Down By the Cool of the Pool (both Orchard). His other titles include collections of poetry for older children, Plum and Pip (both Scholastic). He lives in Cambridge. Ant Parker is known for his distinctive, vibrant work in books such as Big Fish, Little Fish, which was animated for BBC Children’s TV, Charlie the Chicken, and Desmond the Dog, which featured as a Waterstones Book of the Month (all Macmillan). For Kingfisher he has illustrated the pop-up counting book 10 Little Monsters as well as an I Am Reading title: JJ Rabbit and the Monster. Ant lives in London. –This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.