Books like The Little Airplane
By Lois Lenski
For the toddler who points at every plane overhead and shouts about it, this is a whole flight from takeoff to touchdown in board book form. Simple, steady, and satisfying, like a toy plane looping through the living room.
A precocious girl wakes early every Monday, drags her chair down the hallway past her sleepy family, and waits outside for the one honking arrival she's been looking forward to all week.
A rhyming celebration of toddler hands moving through a day — holding, molding, catching, throwing, waving hello and goodbye, clapping, and even tying a shoe.
A time-traveling guide skydives into Sequoia National Park, leading young explorers through groves of giant trees to uncover the park's history, wildlife, and a hidden danger threatening its ancient giants.
A Frenchman named Louis Bleriot falls in love with flying machines and, after a string of failed contraptions, builds the plane that will attempt something no one has ever done: fly across the English Channel.
An imaginative boy dreams up the ultimate house, sketching in a racetrack, a flying playroom, and a gigantic slide as his ideas grow wilder with every rhyme.
A brother and sister head out into a rainstorm to explore their neighborhood, splash through puddles, spot hidden animals, and squelch footprints in the mud — no words needed.
A toddler named Izzy rides through the big city in her stroller with her dad, taking in tall buildings, bright lights, and crowds of people with pure wide-eyed wonder.
A guessing game moves through noses, ears, eyes, feet, and tails, asking what different animals do with each — like eyes that squirt blood or ears built for seeing — before revealing who they belong to.
Monarch butterflies leave Canada each fall and fly all the way to Mexico, crossing snow-capped mountains and deserts to reach the forests their ancestors once called home.
A boy named George and his grandfather Mr. Jones set sail in search of a real dragon, hunting high and low through pages kids can touch and explore.
A curious kid heads outside to explore wind firsthand — feeling it push and pull, chasing hats, and figuring out why something you can't see is so easy to feel.
A gallery of real animals shown at their true size — a two-foot tongue, an eye bigger than your head — turning astonishing facts into something you can see with your own eyes.
