Look Up High! Things that Fly
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Pajama Press
Published:10th Oct '23
Should be back in stock very soon
Look up High! Jet planes fly.
How? Where? Look up there!
The jet plane soars across the sky.
Helicopters, gliders, and planes—oh my! Preschoolers never get tired of cool flying machines. Indulge their love for things with wings (and a few without) with bright photographs and jaunty verse that makes it easy for pre-readers to chime in. They won’t even notice the subtle language lesson in prepositions as the hot air balloon drifts between the mountains, the water bomber swoops through the smoke, and the space station orbits around the Earth.
With Look Up High! Things That Fly, VictoriaAllenby adds another kid-tastic instalment to the Big, Little Concept Books collection that has already graced story times with the Mathical Book Prize honor book Shape Up, Construction Trucks!, the sound-celebrating Listen Up! Train Song, and Let’s Add Up!, where addition meets imagination. Like its predecessors, the book features a closing note to caregivers with age-appropriate enrichment activities to extend both the learning and the fun. But they needn’t worry about handing the whole thing over to their children, since the padded cover, rounded corners, and extra-sturdy paper of this Toddler Tough format can endure many a rough reading. Now spread your wings and ask yourself: How would YOU zoom across the sky?
Praise for Look Up High! Things That Fly
2024 ALSC Summer Reading List Selection
49th Shelf Fall 2023 “Most Anticipated Books for Young Readers” Selection
2023 Children’s Book Council “August Hot Off the Press” Feature
“A strong addition to any library serving toddlers, but could also be used to support early readers in learning basic grammatical ideas.”—School Library Journal
“An invitation to fledgling readers to admire various types of flying craft (while practicing their prepositions)….well designed to put wind beneath the wings of children working to get their minds around language and parts of speech. A short flight, soon past—but with plenty of lift.”—Kirkus Reviews
“The rhyming text makes it easy to follow along with the book, while allowing young readers to memorize some of the text….Great for any early learning library whether preschool, kindergarten or early elementary…. Highly recommend it!”—CLCD – Children’s Literature
“I hope you have room on your shelf for this one. Look Up High! Things That Fly has beautiful colour photos…The rhymes are repetitive, changing only the name of the thing that flies. Soon young readers or listeners will be able to fill in the name of the flying thing and join in the rhyme…Highly Recommended.”—CM Review
“Combines young children’s fascination with aircraft with learning prepositions….discussing objects in relation to something else was one of the most difficult things I worked with preschoolers to understand, so I love this book and wish I had found it sooner!”—YA Books Central
“The photographs and repetitive words encourage language learning….Well-chosen verbs followed by meaningful prepositions create an easy lesson for little ones.”—Sal's Fiction Addiction
“In this padded board book, toddlers can look up into the sky to discover airships….I like that there were more air vehicles than an airplane.”—BookTime
“Simple math problems are lively and fun in this sweet picture book that shows all the different ways to add up to 10, then goes one step beyond….A note to adults suggests four ways to make learning foundational early math skills fun with a child….Add this book to all early childhood collections, and watch the math come out” —School Library Journal (Let’s Add Up!)
“Storytime gets a kick in the pants with this jaunty combo of shapes and vehicles....Clear, crisp, clean, and concise—trucks and shapes have never before looked (or sounded) this good.”—Kirkus Reviews *Starred Review* for Shape Up, Construction Trucks!
“Large photos, bold type, and color-specific shapes serve as wonderful aids for young readers to strengthen their identification skills....Sure to be a hit with collections and storytimes.”—School Library Journal *Starred Review* for Shape Up, Construction Trucks!
“Train lovers will delight in this book featuring photos of trains. [A] perfect match for story hours about things that go. The back matter provides three developmentally appropriate activities and prompts to increase and extend engagement with children, making this a first purchase for the shelves.” —School Library Journal *Starred Review* for Listen Up! Train Song
“Eye-catching images help kids master time and colors....Useful and attractive introductions to several important concepts.”—Kirkus Reviews (Red Canoe Shows Up at Two!)
ISBN: 9781772782905
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
24 pages