This Plane

by Paul Collicutt

Simple text and bold illustrations provide an up-close look at airplanes of all shapes and sizes. By the author of This Train. Reprint.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Aeroplanes

32 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2002

About the author

Paul Collicut originally intended to be a comic-book artist, inspired by Marvel comics, but fell in love with painting and became an illustrator. His picture book THIS TRAIN won a Parents Choice Gold Award. He lives in Hove, near Brighton, in England.

Reviews

[Jessica Calaway]

2 - 4 years

[Vina]

2 year old absolutely loves this book. Loves planes. Since it’s a board book, he can read it on his own and has taken to carrying it everywhere we go. He quickly learned new vocabulary from it as well. Will have to renew from library a few times.

[Chinook]

Big fan of the illustrations, wish there was a bit more to the text.

[Brittany]

Alistair learned the word "vertical" from this book. Not much story, but illustrations of different planes. "this one takes off vertically. This one takes off of water." Etc. Great for plane lovers

[Mely]

interesting concept. the illustrations were just a little too busy for me.

[Becca]

Identifies many types of planes for young children.

[Children's Bookshelf]

Beautiful illustrations and very basic text make this a captivating read aloud for the little ones.

[Scott Cahalan]

If the child loves planes, this is a great book. It also has fold out pages that will be entertaining for young children.

[Caitlin]

Not so great for storytime, but if your kiddo likes planes and wants to see all the different kinds, this is 100% the book for them. The illustrations are really good... there's just not much story.

[Barbara]

Young plane lovers will be intrigued by this informational text that is filled with images of planes. There are 20 different ones depicted on the endpapers of this board book, and then young readers see planes fashioned from paper, wood and canvas, and metal. Several colorful pictures show all the things that planes can do, including carrying and dropping off supplies, and releasing water to help put our raging forest fires.

[Ryan Treaster]

This book is a good book for students who are interested in planes and flying. It is a simple book that takes the reader through while describing different planes.

Reading Level- Emergent
Curricular Use- Independent reading

[Emerson and Theodore]

Emerson was glued to this book, asking that the pages not be turned until he was absolutely done viewing the illustrations on each page, sometimes flipping back to view a page again. Very nice--historical planes to modern planes. He loved it.

[Christine Turner]

Simple text and illustrations present different types of airplanes and the work they do.

[Brittney]

A good book if your child likes planes to begin with. No storyline just informational about planes.

[Leah Jones Marcus]

Simple. For kids interested in planes.