The Airplane Ride.The Airplane airplane, aeroplane, or aircraft, heavier-than-air vehicle, mechanically driven and fitted with fixed wings that support it in flight through the dynamic action of the air. Ride Howard White Howard White (born 1945 in Abbotsford, British Columbia) is an award-winning Canadian writer, editor and publisher. In the early 1970s, he founded the Raincoast Chronicles and Harbour Publishing. , author; Greta Guzek, illustrator Nightwood Editions c/o Harbour Publishing (marketer) PO Box 219, Madeira Park, BC, Canada, V0N 2H0 0889712247 $16.95 www.nightwoodeditions.com The Airplane Ride is a peppy picturebook about the experience of riding on a commercial airplane, as seen from a young boy's point of view. The friendly, rhyming rhyme also rime n. 1. Correspondence of terminal sounds of words or of lines of verse. 2. a. A poem or verse having a regular correspondence of sounds, especially at the ends of lines. b. verse and the playful color pictures reinforce the wonders of flying as a brand new experience, to be cherished and enjoyed. Especially recommended as a read-aloud book for parents to share with young ones before undergoing their very first airplane flight. "Cars and trucks crawl like ants / Trees look like broccoli broccoli (brŏk`əlē) [Ital.,=sprouts], variety of cabbage grown for the edible immature flower panicles. It is the same variety (Brassica oleracea botrytis) as the cauliflower and is similarly cultivated. plants / Ships appear to lose all motion / On the flat, shining ocean. // Turning back over land / Forest appears on either hand / Wisps of cloud swish by, / Showing how fast they fly." |
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