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Everything Goes: In the Air
Jets and blimps and helicopters and gliders!
Balloons and biplanes too!
everything goes!
Zoom along with Henry and his parents as they take off on an airborne journey and learn about all kinds of flying vehicles.
With clever mini-story lines, seek-and-find activities, dozens of funny details, and cool cutaways, Everything Goes: In the Air is an interactive book that provides hours of fun!
Get going at everythinggoesbooks.com!
Balloons and biplanes too!
everything goes!
Zoom along with Henry and his parents as they take off on an airborne journey and learn about all kinds of flying vehicles.
With clever mini-story lines, seek-and-find activities, dozens of funny details, and cool cutaways, Everything Goes: In the Air is an interactive book that provides hours of fun!
Get going at everythinggoesbooks.com!
56 pages, Hardcover
First published September 11, 2012
49 people want to read
About the author
Brian Biggs
116 books32 followersBrian Biggs is the author and illustrator of more than a dozen children's books including the Everything Goes series, Tinyville Town, The Space Walk, and My Hero. He has also illustrated more than 60 book written by authors such as Jon Scieszka, Katherine Applegate, Cynthia Rylant, and Mac Barnett.
In addition, Brian created the graphic novels Frederick & Eloise, published by Fantagraphics in 1993, and Dear Julia, published by Top Shelf in 1999.
Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, Brian lived in Texas, New York, France, and California before settling down in Philadelphia, where he lives with his wife and several imaginary friends.
In addition, Brian created the graphic novels Frederick & Eloise, published by Fantagraphics in 1993, and Dear Julia, published by Top Shelf in 1999.
Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, Brian lived in Texas, New York, France, and California before settling down in Philadelphia, where he lives with his wife and several imaginary friends.
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May 3, 2023
This was WAY too busy for me, and there's way too much scattered text on each page for this to work well for storytime, but this will be fun for kids who like to look at super detailed illustrations and see all the different things happening.
April 8, 2025
Excellent book for preparing toddlers for flights. The illustrations were hilariously accurate and it helped explain to my son what to expect from airport parking to checking bags, going through security, and boarding.
September 19, 2018
Great book for kiddos interested in transportation. 4yo loved all the pictures. Fun, interactive, educational.
December 2, 2020
This may be perfect for a certain type of kid but it was too busy (words and pictures) for me.
December 19, 2012
Brian Biggs has several new books out which is great news for youngsters who love cars, trucks and airplanes. Everything Goes in the Air takes Henry and his family on an airplane ride. Readers get to visit a bustling airport, where they can search for lost babies. From vintage airplanes to modern ones, we learn about the different parts of a place and the various types they come in. Modern airport security is explained, then the book turns to helicopters and hot air balloons. Just before takeoff, children get to see inside the cockpit and marvel at the crowded airspace. Then it’s up, up and away!
Biggs’ crowded pages show the hustle and hurry of an airport. His friendly art and seek-and-find activities will keep children busy exploring the pages. Information is given in small bits, mostly through conversations that are shown in cartoon bubbles. This is a marvelously fun and exciting way to explore airplanes and airports.
A great pick for a plane ride, or to help prepare children for an upcoming flight, this book has such detailed illustrations that it is best shared with just one child at a time. Appropriate for ages 3-5.
Biggs’ crowded pages show the hustle and hurry of an airport. His friendly art and seek-and-find activities will keep children busy exploring the pages. Information is given in small bits, mostly through conversations that are shown in cartoon bubbles. This is a marvelously fun and exciting way to explore airplanes and airports.
A great pick for a plane ride, or to help prepare children for an upcoming flight, this book has such detailed illustrations that it is best shared with just one child at a time. Appropriate for ages 3-5.
October 17, 2013
Everything Goes in the Air by Brian Briggs
Description: This book is al about airplanes. It uses engaging cartoon like illustrations and speech bubbles to provide facts about airplane, including the history, types and parts of a plane.
Mini Lesson: Diagrams - this book has a great diagram of the parts of the airplane. Its cartoon-like illustrations and simple labeling make it easy for children to see how to create a diagram. It provides key terms about the parts of a plane.
Position of text on a page: This book also uses thought bubbles to communicate information about planes. The text is placed strategically on the page to correspond with illustrations. Sometimes it is read in a linear fashion, and other times it is unrelated facts. Show children that authors of nonfiction texts think about where to place the words on the page to best communicate ideas.
Standards
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.2a Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension.
Description: This book is al about airplanes. It uses engaging cartoon like illustrations and speech bubbles to provide facts about airplane, including the history, types and parts of a plane.
Mini Lesson: Diagrams - this book has a great diagram of the parts of the airplane. Its cartoon-like illustrations and simple labeling make it easy for children to see how to create a diagram. It provides key terms about the parts of a plane.
Position of text on a page: This book also uses thought bubbles to communicate information about planes. The text is placed strategically on the page to correspond with illustrations. Sometimes it is read in a linear fashion, and other times it is unrelated facts. Show children that authors of nonfiction texts think about where to place the words on the page to best communicate ideas.
Standards
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.2a Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension.
May 30, 2015
SUMMARY: This is both a fact book about flying machines and a story of a young boy who is going on a trip with his parents by airplane. He asks questions along the way about different types of air machines. There are two page spreads of the different types such as helicopters, hot air balloons, vintage planes, jet planes, and work planes.
ILLUSTRATIONS: The illustrations are colorful and funny. But they are extremely over busy. It is like reading a Where's Waldo book. You must spend much time looking at every little thing on the page to find the facts and the funny stuff. The word bubbles get completely forgot lost within the pictures.
THE GOOD: There are some very interesting facts about the many different flying machines starting with the first Wright Brothers Flyer. There is also a lot of slapstick humor throughout the book including a man who takes off most of his clothes to go through the metal detector instead of just his shoes. Older elementary students will have loads of fun reading this book over and over, especially if they are excited about flying machines.
AGE RECOMMENDATION: Grades 2-4
ILLUSTRATIONS: The illustrations are colorful and funny. But they are extremely over busy. It is like reading a Where's Waldo book. You must spend much time looking at every little thing on the page to find the facts and the funny stuff. The word bubbles get completely forgot lost within the pictures.
THE GOOD: There are some very interesting facts about the many different flying machines starting with the first Wright Brothers Flyer. There is also a lot of slapstick humor throughout the book including a man who takes off most of his clothes to go through the metal detector instead of just his shoes. Older elementary students will have loads of fun reading this book over and over, especially if they are excited about flying machines.
AGE RECOMMENDATION: Grades 2-4
July 23, 2013
Oh this is fabulous! Bright and vibrant and full of facts and trivia this book is fun. This oversized book has lots of vocabulary. Reading through early readers can learn through questions asked by the boy going on an airplane ride. This is an awesome picture dictionary. It will provide an excellent gift to a kid before a trip or even someone just interested to learn about all sorts of machines that fly. There is so much to look at including five missing babies on each page. Then a double fold out page with airplanes all over the air space. Readers can find numbers and letters and other things to spy.
*Thanks to HC for providing a copy for review.*
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*Thanks to HC for providing a copy for review.*
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December 20, 2013
My 4yr old is big into planes right now.
This book was great. We didn't "read" the book so much as look at all the wonderful illustrations. The detail, and funny additions to the scenes around the airport were great.
I read some of the text bubbles and I was chuckling. My 4yr old was more interested in the Planes, jets, helicopters, balloons, blimps, and anything else that was "IN THE AIR"
He learned a new word "Parachute" (He thought it was a balloon. We had a great discussion on what a parachute was, and what it helped you do...if you jump out of a plane, and WHY?!?! Would you jump out of plane. LOL
Great book, I would love to own this for the kids.
Now we need to check out "In the Sea"
This book was great. We didn't "read" the book so much as look at all the wonderful illustrations. The detail, and funny additions to the scenes around the airport were great.
I read some of the text bubbles and I was chuckling. My 4yr old was more interested in the Planes, jets, helicopters, balloons, blimps, and anything else that was "IN THE AIR"
He learned a new word "Parachute" (He thought it was a balloon. We had a great discussion on what a parachute was, and what it helped you do...if you jump out of a plane, and WHY?!?! Would you jump out of plane. LOL
Great book, I would love to own this for the kids.
Now we need to check out "In the Sea"
April 3, 2015
Graphic Novel #2
Text to self: I really liked this book because I’ve never been on a plane before. I think I made a connection with it because the little boy has never been on a plane before and he’s asking all sorts of questions about all different plane related things.
Text to text: I would connect this book to “Planes Fly!” by George Ella Lyon. Planes fly is also about different plane related things. Both books describe the different things you’ll see on a plane and the parts of a plane.
Text to world: This book relates to the world because a lot of people fly each day. There has to be a first timer at least once a day. This is a cute way to introduce planes to young children.
Text to self: I really liked this book because I’ve never been on a plane before. I think I made a connection with it because the little boy has never been on a plane before and he’s asking all sorts of questions about all different plane related things.
Text to text: I would connect this book to “Planes Fly!” by George Ella Lyon. Planes fly is also about different plane related things. Both books describe the different things you’ll see on a plane and the parts of a plane.
Text to world: This book relates to the world because a lot of people fly each day. There has to be a first timer at least once a day. This is a cute way to introduce planes to young children.
January 6, 2013
Using bright colors and fun characters, Brian Biggs, creator of Everything Goes on Land, takes on the air in his newest book. Brian starts with a simple storyline, using it as an excuse to plunge readers into the intricacies of air travel, from airport security to the different types of helicopters to the interior of a commercial plane. Young vehicle enthusiasts will spent hours pouring over the jam-packed illustrations.
October 15, 2012
A book about air travel with detailed illustrations that bring to mind Richard Scarry's artwork. The layout reads like a comic book which will appeal to a young audience and information is displayed in text boxes. I'd use this title in a display of books about transportation and recommend it to families traveling with young children for the the first time as it answers many common questions.
October 19, 2012
I liked the fun extra bits in this story. It almost felt like a "Where's Waldo" type of book where there were things (such as the numbers 1 to 100) to look for. Although I wouldn't actually read this in a storytime. The text bubbles are more for looking at on your own or in a one on one reading. Older picture book readers will really like this. Loads of fun.
September 17, 2015
I love this book! It's detailed, funny, and informative - three of my favorite things for a picture book to be. I can see a child spending lots of time on each page, picking up on all of the careful details. Fantastic! I almost forgot: I particularly love the dedication: "For my dad, who taught me how to draw helicopters in church when I was nine."
November 26, 2016
November 2016 - we don't read the whole text every time, but Ben loves all the big spreads of different planes, asks questions about them, and always seems reluctant to turn the page. He also likes the look-and-find babies, and following the family through the airport. I don't know when he'll have a chance to go on a real airplane, but something tells me he'll love it when it finally happens.
November 16, 2012
Busy detailed pages, some in graphic novel format with plenty of sidebar info and speech bubbles. Think Richard Scarry's insane labeling crossed with the humorous hidden details of Martin Handford's Where's Waldo series. Sure to be pored over by transportation fans.
December 27, 2012
Way better than some of the books written for kids about what to expect when you go to the airport, this has all kinds of "where's Waldo" details along with lots of information about airplanes, helicopters, hot air balloons, etc.
July 8, 2013
My 3yo and 4yo both LOVE this book. Although they're usually too excited and busy talking about all the airplanes on each page to actually hear what I read about them! Maybe by the 5th or 6th time through. :) Son went to bed last night hugging the book to his chest.
September 21, 2012
Up, up, and away!
November 28, 2012
This was a very detailed book that presents non-fiction in a palatable manner. Really fun read!
November 7, 2012
The illustration will definitely get the attentions of little ones, especially those who are fascinated by airplanes or anything that goes in the air!
March 22, 2013
This is a FUN book! Tons of information about flying but busy pictures to look for all types of people, airplanes, and all of the types of activities that go with taking a flight!
April 17, 2013
Perfect for keeping kids busy, entertained and educated! Kids will pour over this!!
August 31, 2013
Nonfiction meets graphic novel in this oversized book that is full of facts about flights, humor and bright colorful comic illustrations.
November 19, 2015
3* art
3* story
Lots to look at. Really, you could make up several stories if you didn't like the one printed. Squirt enjoys looking for the babies.
3* story
Lots to look at. Really, you could make up several stories if you didn't like the one printed. Squirt enjoys looking for the babies.
June 30, 2016
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May 21, 2019Unhelpful for storytime, but marvelous for the kid who loves planes and helicopters, or the kid who loves to pore over every detail in the illustrations.
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