Richard Scarry's A Day at the Airport

by Richard Scarry

Join Richard Scarry’s beloved characters Huckle Cat, Sally, and Lowly Worm for a day of adventure and discovery at the airport. Airplane fans will get an up-close look at the terminal, the control tower, the runway, and more! Featuring over 70 labeled words and a sticker sheet! Have hours of fun with this busy adventure from the one and only Richard Scarry!

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Animals, Travel, Fiction, Aeroplanes, Aviation

24 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

RICHARD SCARRY is one of the world's best-loved children's authors EVER! In his extraordinary career, Scarry illustrated over 150 books, many of which have never been out of print. His books have sold over 100 million copies around the world, and are currently published in over twenty languages. No other illustrator has shown such a lively interest in the words and concepts of early childhood. Richard Scarry was posthumously awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Illustrators in 2012.

Reviews

[Guangmin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like the book because it includes very useful and helpful information about an airport and talks about something that we should inform children to pay attention to. There are many dialogs through the book, which are another appropriate way for older children to develop their communication skills. It also introduces a lot of common sense of live such as a car needs to pump gas at the gasoline station and it’s very dangerous for sailing while it is storming. Using very detail illustrations to describe an airport that looks like a busy town in the earth. For example, check-in counters to different countries, different terminal/places for different function, restaurants, gift shops, and clinics. Via the book, I recognize that the control tower is for controlling all the plane before landed. Moreover, it gives the information that airplanes should be checked before flying every time and repaired as long as it is needed to children.
Children are always excited when they have chance to know about an airport, which looks like they are in the airport. When I am reading the book, some children must think of their experiences of check-in/out in the airport with their parents. And they will share about what they had seen and done. While I reading it aloud, I would like to emphasize the conversations that help to improve language skills.

[Nadya Pincus · Rating 4 out of 5]

I bought this for my 2-year-old right before she went on her 1st plane ride. I didn't know just how much of a hit it would be. It's been 4 months and we still read it almost nightly. The more I read it to her, the more I like it (it was initially too busy for my taste). There isn't a ton of text compared to what's going on in the illustrations, so it allows a new conversation each time about the details of the illustrations. My daughter especially enjoys looking for the little guy dressed in green chasing after his hat on every page.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I kind of hate reading this with my kid, but he loves it. Luckily he will look st it on his own and be entertained for a long time.

[Kristin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wish my daughter didn't love this book so much. We've read it so many times that she's memorized it. We bought it during a trip to see family at the LaGuardia airport during a layover. Since then she constantly asks when we can go back to the airport.

The book does a great job of pointing out vocabulary at an airport, with a few exceptions. My daughter now thinks that every airport comes complete with a Bratwurst Balloon and a German fox named Mr. VonFlugel.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

How I loved the airport as a child! It was so exciting, all that hustle and bustle. My favorite parts were parking at the top of the "round and round" and riding the shuttle to the far terminals. ("Please hold on to a hand rail. Also, notice the lighted display for the next destination.") Richard Scarry's cheerful illustrations make this a fun "learning" book.

[Lumi / Otso · Rating 5 out of 5]

both kids (3 and 6) love it. it's fun to explore, and they love looking for Mr. Frumble and his hat on each page.

[Lynnette · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had no idea how helpful this book would be in preparing my two year old to fly on a plane. He loved this book and could identify a lot of vehicles and things. When I brought out the suitcases to pack for our trip he immediately wanted to pretend he was going to the airport. When we got through security and he finally understood he was in an airport he was ecstatic the whole time! We even had an hour wait to board our flight home and he was entertained the entire time just looking out the windows. It is dated, but didn't seem to affect him too much.

[alana · Rating 5 out of 5]

so weird and whimsical! has a bit of a story too, not just labels. the jets fighting like dinosaurs are a personal favorite. though the plane car driving up an escalator is pretty great too. also bratwurst balloon and mustard basket <3

[Lori · Rating 3 out of 5]

I find this book a tad absurdist, which is entirely unexpected in the genre of books about things that vroom. (My son's favorite) Though I imagine there's a wide range of urban planning, subjects that could use a dose of such humor when presenting them to kids ... waste management for example.

[vrenzy goel · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you want to introduce your child to an airport then this is the way to do it. This is an engaging and entertaining book. The illustrations are cute and informative. It has a lot of info on airports.

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decect little story, great for building vocabulary related to airports and travel.

[Shaumbra Papritz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved this one as a kid! I remember poring over all the words on the page, studying the illustrations and liking the stories. I think it is a fun one for children.

[Isaac · Rating 5 out of 5]

"My favorite part was when balloon dropped on the house!" --Isaac, age 4

[Rory Toohey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ah, the good old days, when you could just chill at the airport on a rainy day with an eccentric German. The "busy" world of Richard Scarry seems peaceful and relaxing by today's standards.

[Anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my kids favorite, so much so that pages are falling =)

[TJE · Rating 5 out of 5]

A favorite of T's. Has grown with her and offers new experiences every time we read at different ages from 18mos and up

[Lily Bliss]

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[Olivia · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Monkey peel banana."

[Salena · Rating 5 out of 5]

My son loves this book!

[Asho · Rating 4 out of 5]

Naturally, this book was a hit! My two-year-old loves all of his Richard Scarry books, from the original to the ones like this that are written by the "Richard Scarry Corporation," to be specific. This is missing some of the funny asides and rhetorical questions that feature in the older books by Richard Scarry himself, but there are still tons of silly and interesting things to point to and talk about on every page. Bonus: This book taught my son the word "bratwurst."

Update: As of January 2016, my almost-four-year-old is obsessed with this book. He has requested it at bedtime every night for the past week. I think part of it is that we took an airplane journey over winter break and he's still processing that, but part of it is also that all the details in the illustrations make for easy bedtime stalling. Ha! His one-year-old sister enjoys it, too, although she doesn't have quite the same attention span for it that he does, obviously.

[J · Rating 2 out of 5]

I bought this because I love aircraft and airports. Accordingly, I would like my son to like airports. Also, I loved Richard Scarry when I was a kid. I was pretty sure Da was going to score with this one. Like I often have, I made a mistake.

Some people have called this book "plotless", but it does have a plot. It's just not a good plot. A worm. A family. A crazy unreconstructed Prussian uncle and a dirigible bratwurst that's acres big. What could go wrong?

Buy it for the illustrations and the comforting knowledge that armed with a bit of pluck, a worm can achieve great things like fly helicopters and soar like an eagle.

Sugar/Acid Balance: How Many Times can I Stand Reading This?

I've read this through exactly four times, and hope I never have to again.

[Sarah A · Rating 4 out of 5]

As with all Scarry books, this had so much to offer and kept us going for at least 40 minutes whilst waiting at the gate at the airport on our recent trip.
The cat family are supposed to be going on a boat ride but it starts to rain. A local eccentric millionaire - Rudolf Von Flugel offers to take the kids to the airport and proceeds to show them every aspect of the airport whilst driving around, inside and out, in his strange car and then in his personal hot-dog shaped hot air balloon. A fun adventure if a bit full of terms we would no longer use!
Also keep an eye out for that man and his hat!

[Ashley Simpson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is about a brother and sister getting to visit an airport to learn about how airplanes work, and all the work put into airplanes. They get to see the different people who do things like fuel the planes and check people in and even get to ride with a pilot!

This is a cute book that offers a big vocabulary and a fun adventure to the airport. A lot of kids don't get to experience airports at a young age, so it's a new world to them when reading a book like this. I enjoyed the storyline and all the facts included in the book.

I wouldn't put this in a lesson, but it'd be great to have this in a classroom library. Kids would love to be able to read this in their spare time.

[Magda Galloway · Rating 5 out of 5]

Next week we will see four different airports. So I purchased this book to start the excitement. Bingo! We read it twice in row before the bed time and we had problem to put it down. I had to promise to read it in the morning. Lucy decided she will use the book as a checklist/scavenger hunt at the airport.

[Gianina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Classic Scarry style... lots of good vocab but they always feel too busy to me. Not a huge fan of the illustration style but it does the trick My I have found with the tiniest of readers. My little thought the hot dog balloon was funny especially when it pops!

[Jenny · Rating 4 out of 5]

Actually written by his son using the name Huck Scarry under the Richard Scarry corporation- copywrite 2001.

[Erin · Rating 4 out of 5]

While I think this book can be silly my boys love pointing out all of the strange things going on in the pictures. It is a good picture book for them to look at.

[Martha · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little long for a toddler, but now that he's older the story didn't capture him. Great pictures though.

[Mandy J. Hoffman · Rating 3 out of 5]

A Day At The Airport is all about the action of an ordinary or not so ordinary airport. Huckle & Sally enjoy a personal tour with Mr. Von Flugel.

[Muhamad Taufan Setiawan · Rating 4 out of 5]

this shit really made my chilhood. :D