All Kinds of Planes

by Carl Johanson

All Kinds of Planes is your eye in the sky for some of the wildest, most imaginative aircrafts you've ever seen!

Welcome to the wacky world of planes--from fighter jets to hot air balloons and hang gliders, there's just about every kind of air transportation you can imagine flying, both real and imaginary. Swedish illustrator Carl Johanson's fun follow-up to All Kinds of Cars will have kids giggling over the craziest kinds of imaginary airplanes, all the while learning about real aircraft and seeing their many shapes, sizes, and colors.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

32 pages, Hardcover

Published July 3, 2018

About the author

Carl is a Swedish Illstrator and artist who lives and works in Bretagne, in the west of France. As a kid he was always drawing. At the age of 19 he moved from his little home town on the west coast of Sweden to London to attend the Central St Martin's Foundation course in Art & Design. The following year he was accepted to Konstfack, (The national higher school for Art & Design), where he studied for a Bachelor's and later a Master's degree in Graphic design and Illustration. Directly after his studies he moved to Paris. His work has been described as being quirky, minimalistic and colorful. All Kinds of Cars is his first book for children.

Reviews

[kim · Rating 2 out of 5]

uuuuh, I wasn't expecting 2/3's of the planes to be ridiculous fake ones. yes the illustrations are cute, but I don't get it.

[Lisa · Rating 2 out of 5]

I have mixed feelings on this book - I can see the appeal of the totally whimsical planes for older kids, but for toddlers, I'm used to reading more factual books about planes, and it was kind of annoying or weird to have to discuss which ones were real. Having a crashed plane in the first couple of pages wasn't great either, and the poop plane might be for a slightly older audience too.

[Karen · Rating 1 out of 5]

I have to wonder why I thought this book was worth a purchase?

[Matt Mazenauer · Rating 2 out of 5]

Love the art, generally loved the whimsy (though it felt lazy at times), but the whiplash between nonfiction depictions of real planes and nonsensical aircraft often on the same page made this frustrating.

[Emmy Kirkham · Rating 3 out of 5]

Genre: Informational Nonfiction
Grade Level: K-2

I didn't expect tons of the planes to be made up, but it was still fun to look though. I think this would be a good book to explain the difference between real and fake to students and have them flip through and decide which are real. I liked the simple, colorful drawings of this book as well.

[Alana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well that was... interesting. I guess the point is to try to get the kiddos to use logic to figure out which planes are real and which are just made-up? There are certainly some fun goofy ones, but they fact they are mixed in with real ones makes it a little confusing. The illustrations are interesting and colorful, at least.

[Brittany · Rating 1 out of 5]

Why in the world did I let this cute cover reel me in. My daughter and I LOVE planes, but this book was just a garbled mess. There are real planes (which I appreciated) and fake planes which are just plain ridiculous. Why?!?! I'm sad to say that my little family was disappointed in this one.

[Danielle Robertson Robertson · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was not what I expected. It's a mix of made-up planes and real planes. The problem with this strategy is it takes away from the amazement that can and should be directed toward the real planes. Furthermore, the entries like the "poo-copter" and "poo parachute" ruin the tone for me.

[Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

There's not really a story here, but there are all kinds of planes. Real type planes, fake type planes, silly planes. But very fun.

[Robin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Loved the color palette, but this is two books trying to be one and the combo of real and fantastical does not work well. Meh. Ages 2-4.

[Kimberly · Rating 1 out of 5]

I don't get it.

[BiblioBeruthiel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pure goofs in a way I think kids will really enjoy.

[Tracy · Rating 1 out of 5]

I would have given this picture book five stars if it wasn't for the several poop references.

[FergusonFamilyBooks · Rating 5 out of 5]

My kids loved this book. It's not really a story, but more like nonfiction (with some fictional) diagrams of planes. Some of them are so silly, we all laughed while looking at the pictures.