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“An intro to airline travel, from boarding to landing. Step onboard and join a young family that is relocating as they travel in a plane…Some passengers are just beginning their journeys; others are returning home…Passengers land, deboard, and move through the terminal to meet friends and retrieve luggage; the story closes with the family reaching their new home…A calm, informing preflight primer and an engaging book to pack to ensure a smooth trip.”

—Kirkus Reviews

“Digitally finished gouache and cut paper drawings by Palacios are filled with personality and compositions that revel in the cabin’s spaces, including the precious sliver of air between seats. Air travel may not always be glamorous, but the creators’ affection for it is evident and affirming in this book that makes the journey the primary story.”

—Publishers Weekly

On This Airplane

Written by Lourdes Heuer
Illustrated by Sara Palacios
Published by Tundra Books

On this airplane . . .

Someone travels solo,
two travel as one,
three return and four set out.

In this simple and moving book, a young family takes a plane to their new home. While onboard, they encounter all the people you meet on a plane: a bookworm, a businessperson, tourists, crying babies and daydreamers . . . all with their own stories and all heading somewhere special.

Primary ISBN: 9780735268609
Publication Date: October 2022
Available As: Hardcover, eBook
Picture Book, Age 03 or older

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Setting: Unspecified

Character's Place in the Immigration Journey: Immigrant

Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience

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