Amazing airplanes

Rhyming text introduces air travel, from the airport to the flight deck, with information about how planes fly, safety rules, in-flight entertainment, and air traffic control.

Main Author: Mitton, Tony.
Other Authors: Parker, Ant.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Kingfisher, 2002.
Series: Amazing machines
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Summary: Rhyming text introduces air travel, from the airport to the flight deck, with information about how planes fly, safety rules, in-flight entertainment, and air traffic control.
Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 0753454033
Author Notes:

Ant Parker is known for his distinctive, vibrant work in books such as Charlie Chick . His artwork has been animated for BBC Children's TV and he illustrated the bestselling Amazing Machines picture-book series. His other titles include the pop-up counting book 10 Little Monsters , and an I Am Reading title: JJ Rabbit and the Monster . Ant lives in London.

Tony Mitton has been reading and writing since he was 9. He began writing specifically for children while still working as a primary school and special needs teacher. He now works full-time as a writer and sometimes performs his poems in schools and libraries. His picture books include Down by the Cool of the Pool (with Guy Parker-Rees) and The Somethingosaur (with Russell Ayto). He was recently contracted to rewrite the English verse texts for Dick Bruna's Miffy series of preschool books.