Flying. Just Plane Fun :: Education by Design Store

Editorial Review
How do planes stay up in the air? What are all those knobs, gizmos and gauges in the cockpit? How do you fly a plane?

A pilot answers these and other questions in this lively memoir written to his grandson after their flight together in his home-built biplane. Bright watercolor sketches and playful photographs capture the fun and excitement of flying in an open-cockpit biplane above the green fields of Wisconsin.
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Customer Reviews

John, age 11

2003-04-16
This book is a masterpiece! The pictures are great and the writing is interesting and fun to read. Reading it got me interested in flying.

Flying: Just Plane Fun

2004-11-12
This book should really say it's written for 5 to 95 year olds as it appeals to all ages. The book provides valuable information about flying, but in a format that's colorful and humorous with drawings and photographs and quirky descriptions. Kids love it. Parents and especially grandparents enjoy that it's the story of a grandpa and his grandchild having an exciting day together flying. The adults I've shared it with say that after reading this book, they finally understand how flight works.

A delightful picturebook about how planes stay up in the air

2003-06-10
Author and illustrator Julie Grist's Flying: Just Plane Fun is a delightful picture book about how planes stay up in the air, the basics of flying, and what it's like to be a pilot or co-pilot. An adventurous read which is most especially recommended for young people with a budding interest in aircraft, aviation, and the mechanics and physics thereof, Flying: Just Plane Fun is an original and enthusiastically recommended addition for family, school, and community library collections.

i loved this book

2003-04-22
This is a great book. Wheather you are intrested in flying or not you will love it. It takes you through an amazing adventure with a boy and his grandfather. It is great fun. you can read it over and over again and never get sick of it. It is very educational for both the parent and the child. The pictures and photographs are beautiful. If you have a child, boy or girl you should buy this book.

This book is great!!

2003-04-22
I loved reading this book. It was very intresting and educational. It took me through an amazing adventure. The pictures and photography are really amazing and beautiful. I highly recommend reading buying this book. It will entertain you whatever the age. Whether you are intrested in flying or not you will injoy this book!!!!

This is a great book

2003-04-22
I loved reading this book. It has great pictures and photography. It was also very well written. I learned a great deal about flying and was taken through an adventure with teh boy and his grandfather. This book is both enjoyable and educational. I highly reccomend buying this book!!!