You Wouldn't Want to Be a World War II Pilot!: Air Battles You Might Not Survive

You Wouldn't Want to Be ...

by Ian Graham, David Antram (Illustrator)

An addition to the humorous and fact-filled history series describes the many hazards of flying a fighter jet for the Royal Air Force during World War II. Simultaneous.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Juvenile, Childrens, World War II

32 pages, Library Binding

First published September 1, 2009

About the author

After working as an in-house journalist and editor in consumer electronics magazines, Ian Graham became a freelance writer. He has written more than 230 illustrated non-fiction books for children and teens, and contributed chapters to books including Dorling Kindersley’s Know it All and Big Ideas that Changed the World. He has a degree in applied physics and a postgraduate diploma in journalism.

Reviews

[Sue · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved the Handy Hints: don't run out of gas over the ocean , . . . .. . .. . . .

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.25 It has some good information, but I just felt there was room for so much more.

[Mimi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Told from an American point of view.

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

The group of writers who came up with this series "You wouldn't want to..." is awesome. I was skeptical at first... why wouldn't you want kids to know about....Oh I see what they did. Very clever. Reverse Psychology. Right on!
But this juvenile non-fiction collection has everything from pirates, dinosaurs, mummies, and includes almost every major event or large factual research on certain historical figures.
I was even surprised to learn something from this book: it talks about the various planes, levels of positions, mentions the important dates in World War 2 (and though it does say, hey this happened (the fallen comrades, the death toll, etc), it does it in a very nice way. The cartoons and bubble phrases/thoughts of the people featured are awesome. Each of the books is this way, but focuses on the interesting facts of the events of the times...maybe, despite the hard work it takes to become a pilot, a kid may have an interest in becoming a pilot.

[Duane · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great series of books for any library collection. This edition focuses on the life and times of World War II fighter pilots. Filled with great illustrations and plenty of resourceful information, young readers will love learning about this topic. A must have for any childrens library collection.

[Sandy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just like all the books in this series, this book is full of information and the illustrations are pretty fantastic. I didn't think I would like the subject in this book (I'm not that big of a fan of war books) but this was very interesting to me. Something that I think a lot of kids would like are the facts and illustrations of different war planes.

[Illey · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is truly an excellent read! It give a full timeline of World War II. However, it is wordy and the text is not localized on a page. The graphics are amazing but they float through the pages as much as the text. My only hope is that children do not lose interest while reading.

[Guan Jie Fung · Rating 5 out of 5]

Epic illustration and funny too

[Colby Sharp · Rating 3 out of 5]

This series is starting to grow on me. The series would probably fit better in a school library, but I could see some topics of interest making there way into classroom libraries.

[Shanice · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is an excellent book to read if you're learning about the history of World War II. The illustrations really helped me to follow along with the text and the timeline.

[Allie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love these types of books! So creative and informational. :) *thumbs up*
Though I feel like I have read them somewhere else before... weird.

[Kelly Carey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Even my husband was interested in this book; however, he said that it read like a game manual or hint guide, instead of a historical nonfiction book.

[Simon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Informative text for children

[Wilde Sky · Rating 4 out of 5]

A brief overview of the life of a WWII pilot.

Some parts of this book was interesting but it lacked depth.

Reading time around thirty minutes.

[Stasia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this!!

[Kendrah Barrington · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book had very good information on World War 2, however with the amount of information given, I feel like this book should be held off until older grades. Good book overall though!