Airport
from HarperTrophy
From the excitement of arrival to the wonder of taking off -- a picture book that captures in joyous and powerful images all the magic of an airport.
Amazing Airplanes (Amazing Machines)
by Tony Mitton
from Kingfisher
Planes Board Book (Byron Board Books)
from HarperFestival
Children explore the many ways we use airplanes, from seaplanes to crop dusters to planes that write messages in the sky. This very simple picture book about transportation 'will delight the youngest, and have enough meat for older preschoolers and beginning readers.' -- K.
DK Big Book of Airplanes
by Anne Millard
from DK CHILDREN
Imaginations will soar! From the fastest--and noisiest--passenger plane in the world, to downright strange aircraft, here is a spectacular look at a subject of endless fascination to children. Marvel at one of the first planes to blast into space! Learn about a plane that can land on water. And take a close look at the fastest of all jet planes, the Blackbird. Striking photographs are supported by lively and informative text that gives children a fuller understanding of these amazing machines.
Who Was Amelia Earhart? (Who Was...?)
by Kate Boehm Jerome
from Grosset & Dunlap
Amelia Earhart was a woman of many "firsts." In 1932, she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. In 1935, she also became the first woman to fly across the Pacific. From her early years to her mysterious 1937 disappearance while attempting a flight around the world, readers will find Amelia Earhart's life a fascinating story.
Wilbur and Orville Wright: Young Fliers (Childhood of Famous Americans Series.)
by Augusta Stevenson
from Aladdin
Flight: A Pop-Up Book of Aircraft (Crowther's Transportation)
from Candlewick
Get ready for takeoff! From an acclaimed 3-D master comes a jam-packed, interactive book on flying machines that will send readers soaring.
What was the first man-made object to fly, one thousand years ago? Who was the first woman to make a solo flight across the Atlantic? How on earth (or in the air) does a modern cockpit work? Loaded with flaps, pull-tabs, and pop-ups to manipulate, this fact-filled exploration of flying machines from balloons to Boeings builds up to two big finales — an intricate pop-up cockpit that puts readers at the controls and a bustling airport runway that zooms into the future of flight.
The Noisy Airplane Ride
by Mike Downs
from Tricycle Press
Just in time for summer travel, this paperback edition of THE NOISY AIRPLANE RIDE offers a rhyming tour of the variety of sounds a child might hear before, during, and after takeoff.
Draw 50 Airplanes, Aircrafts, and Spacecraft: The Step-by-Step Way to Draw World War II Fighter Planes, Modern Jets, Space Capsules, and Much More... (Zephyr Book)
by Lee J. Ames
from Broadway
World War I bombers, rocket launchers and all  types of flying machines are represented here in  step-by-step drawings.
An American Bookseller Pick of  the Lists.
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