The Book Depository Richard Scarry's A Day at the Airport by Richard Scarry
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Description: Richard Scarry's A Day at the Airport : Paperback : Random House USA Inc : 9780375812026 : 0375812024 : 24 Apr 2001 : Full of airport fun and Scarry mishaps, this tale finds Sally, Huckle, and Lowly disappointed because of the rain. Father says they will have to stay inside, but Rudolf von Flugel saves the day when he picks the kids up in his airplane-car and whisks them off to the airport for a day of sightseeing. The Book Depository Richard Scarry's A Day at the Airport by Richard Scarry - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Product ID: 9780375812026
MPN: 0375812024
GTIN: 9780375812026
Author: Treehugger
Rating: 5
Review: My 2 year old boy absolutely ADORES this book! Every day he asks for it, he calls it the "Airbook". He is completely fascinated by all the different parts of the airport and how Rudolf the fox is so naughty taking his plane inside the terminal. He loves looking at all the little details: how Hilda Hippo tries to take all her furniture on the plane, how Mr Frumble is chasing his hat on every page, all the different shops with toys, books, clocks (a raccoon carrying away a grandfather click over his shoulder) and groceries (Bananas Gorilla being good for once and only buying ONE banana ). He loves the sequence of events and all the preparations that have to be made to ready a plane for take off. His vocabulary has expanded: "Follow-me- car", "runway", "control tower". His favourite page is Rudolf huge balloon, he always points to it and says "Pop!" as he recalls the ending where Rudolf takes the cat children home and snags his balloon on their weather vane. Immensely educational and hugely fun.
Author: Gothicfun
Rating: 4
Review: Richard Scarry's books are always a winner with small kids, combining, as they do, humour and information. This is a likeable, child-friendly book for any little kid about to make their first plane journey. You can show them the things in real life that the animals are seeing at the airport, and while away the boring hours of waiting that way. However there is a big lack of information on security procedures at airports; in fact, they don't feature at all in the book. This is why this excellent book has only got four, not five stars. It is not Scarry's fault - I am sure he did the book years ago about domestic US airports - but if he ever feels like putting out a new edition, it would be really helpful to have more up to date hard information about all the security stuff, as this is now so much part of the flying experience for everyone, unfortunately.