Even more than 30 years since his death, there are few preschoolers who have not seen a book by Richard Scarry with its familiar format of small vignettes featuring the residents of Busytown including Mr. Frumble, Huckle Cat, Mr. Fixit, Lowly Worm, and other anthropomorphic creatures and creations who introduced them to all sorts of everyday activities that focused on working together to achieve something, solving problems and showing that things don't always go right the first time.
In this new collection, there are several stories all about jet planes, rockets, spacecraft and other things that fly! Huckle Cat takes flying lessons at the air show, and Wolfgang Wolf, Benny Baboon and Harry Hyena go to the moon in their very own rocket, while at the same time, there are explanations about how birds and aircraft fly.
It's the perfect partner to Cars and Trucks and Things that Go and set to bring the Scarry magic and wonder to a new generation of preschoolers.
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48 pages 9780008694982 Ages 2-5
Keywords: rockets, space, flying, planes, problem solving, working together, part of a series, 2 year old, 3 year old, 4 year old, 5 year old
Recommended by: Barbara Braxton, Teacher Librarian, New South Wales AUSTRALIA
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An amazing new Richard Scarry collection filled with hilarious stories about jet planes, rockets, spacecraft and other things that fly! It's the perfect partner to Cars and Trucks and Things that Go and set to be a new Scarry favourite. In this collection Huck takes flying lessons, we learn how planes and birds fly, the cat family goes to the air show, and Wolfgang Wolf, Benny Baboon and Harry Hyena take a trip to the moon in their own rocket! Packed with amazing Scarry detail and with stories that can be read again and again, this book will give hours of fun to fans of planes, rockets and flying!---from the publisher
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