Planes (Look Inside Cross-Sections) - Softcover

Johnstone, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1564585204 ISBN 13: 9781564585202

Publisher: Dk Pub, 1994

Synopsis

An young aviator's addition to an exciting and informative series integrates lively text with full-color illustrations to draw the reader into the myriad of flying machines with a technical spread that details each part and its function.

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Reviews

Grade 3 Up-Two books that let young readers explore the inside of planes and ships by means of colorful cross-sections. Ten ships are presented, each in a two-page spread (except for the USS Lexington, which gets four) that contains on average six sentences of facts and a box entitled "Technical Data," which lists length, beam, and other details. Children will probably be more interested in the clear, detailed, well-labeled drawings. They are not strictly cross-sections, however; some ships are sliced laterally. The goal is to let readers see inside them. The presentation begins with a trireme and concludes with a British Royal National lifeboat. Planes follows the same format. A Fokker Triplane and the world's first airliner, the graceful Handley Page, are included along with the Boeing 314 seaplane, a Spitfire, the famed Flying Fortress (B17), and five more appealing aircraft. While the drawings are interesting and clear in both titles, they are not of the caliber of Stephen Biesty's books (Dorling Kindersley).
Don Reaber, Meadowdale High School, Lynnwood, WA
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dk Pub
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1564585204
• ISBN 13: 9781564585202
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Jenssen Hans
• Number of pages: 32