We're Going On an Airplane!: Ragged Bears by Steve Augarde

by Steve Augarde

Presented here in sturdy books overflowing with both fun and solid information are two of children's favourite heavy an aeroplane and a digger. What better way to prepare children for a first plane ride than with a highly interactive and reassuring look at a jet plane? And how much more fun children will find viewing a construction site, knowing how a digger works from shovel to gearshift and dipstick to wheels. Using the interactive features in these books, children will gain an immediate understanding of the inner workings of these massive machines.

Hardcover

First published June 1, 2003

About the author

I began writing children's books when I was at art college, which means that I’ve spent over thirty years as a children's author. Must be nearly time to grow up. About eighty titles published to date, I think. These include story books and pop-ups for younger readers, as well as my more recent novels for older children. I'm also an illustrator and paper-engineer, and you can see examples of this type of work around the site.

Sometimes I provide the paper engineering for pop-up books by other artists and children's authors - Jan Pienkowski, for example, Emma Chichester-Clark and Damien Hirst.

Finally I'm a semi-pro musician, playing mostly jazz. I provided the music and artwork for two BBC children's television series of Bump the elephant. Mind you, that was ages ago, and so it's high time somebody sampled it for a dance track and made me a fortune.

My first major work for older children was The Touchstone Trilogy, completed in January 2008, the three titles being The Various, Celandine and Winter Wood. The Various was an award winner in The Nestle Smarties Book Prize 2003. Both Celandine and Winter Wood have been nominated for the Carnegie Medal.

Reviews

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a pull-the-tab/turn-the-wheel sort of book, but it is a little fragile for small hands. Otherwise it is cute.