Hello, Airplane!, written and illustrated by Bill Cotter. With spare prose (one sentence on each two page spread) and striking crowd-friendly illustrations, this proved to be a hit with those attending my fairly large drop-in storytime. The book follows an airplane as it says good-bye to the ground and hello to the sky. We then go inside the airplane to see people enjoying roomy seats (an airborne utopia), with a curious child peering out the window. Effectively rendered point of view shots show the aircraft flying over houses and trees (love the child's eye view of the plane soaring way up over the treetops). And there's a clever touch where the word "over" in the line "The airplane flies over the mountain" is lifted a tad so it fits over the tallest mountain top. One lovely spread shows the pilots viewing the stars out the front window, and I had my story hour participants sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" at that point in a moment of improvisation. It worked! The book deservedly received a warm round of applause from the kids. A fun, reassuring trip.
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