Quick Booktalk
Information about a variety of flying vehicles is introduced in an oversized board book format.
About the Illustration
The bold lines of the pictures, combined with the cartoonish faces assigned to the vehicles, are instantly engaging. Each spread includes a labeled diagram of the parts of a vehicle, a step by step description of how it works, and sections for Big History and a Big Fun Fact. Everything is accompanied with kid-friendly pictures.
Readers Advisory
This would be too lengthy to read to a group, and it's also too long for my two-year-olds to sit through. For toddlers or story time audiences, I might just read aloud the rhyming couplets that introduce each vehicle and then add in additional information from other parts of the pages as the children express interest. For a four- or five-year-old, it would be fine to read all the details.
Content Notes
This is the perfect book for kids (especially little boys) who love things that go and want to hear all the details of how they work in a very child-friendly way. Because it's a board book, it's most appealing to ages 5 and under, but the content could skew even older.
Disclosure
I received a review copy of Big Stuff: Planes, Rockets, Spacecraft from Little Simon in exchange for an honest review.
