Airplanes

by Elizabeth Dougherty

Get ready for take-off with dynamic and colorful airplanes! Accompanied by a read-along audio track, more than 70 colorful photos showcase all kinds of airplanes. These exciting photographs show off huge passenger jets, cargo planes, gliders, and many other amazing airplanes. Meet the pilots, visit the airport, and marvel at breathtaking aerobatics and air races. Catch all kinds of planes in action high up in the sky—it’s up, up, and away!

Snapshot Picture Library books include a read-along feature: Children can read along with an audio track, following the highlighted words on each page. Perfect for pre-readers and early readers!

Kids will enjoy learning fun facts about airplanes, and the more than 70 beautiful color photographs will delight anyone who loves airplanes, especially toddlers, preschoolers, and elementary-school children. 

64 pages

70 color photos

64 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 3, 2008

About the author

Elizabeth Dougherty coauthored The Compete Expert-to-Author Guide: Plan, Write, and Publish Your Nonfiction Book (The Collective Book Studio, June 2026). Elizabeth and coauthor Marisa Solis cofounded Book Structure Pros, a boutique editorial firm that helps authors plan, write, and publish advice-based nonfiction. Elizabeth has worked in publishing since 1988 as a writer, book coach, and developmental editor. She was an executive editor at Weldon Owen. Her topical super-specialties include parenting, health and wellness, and women’s leadership. Elizabeth holds a master’s from Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism and lives in Palo Alto, California.

Reviews

[Vannessa Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent resource to learn about the various types of aircrafts and their jobs.