Mohammad Taher Books

There is so much to learn and so much to notice in this colourful hardback. An airport is certainly a dynamic environment and one in which the rules and processes are constantly changing. But if anyone should know the latest information, it’s Mo T, ‘the airport guy’, who has worked at Manchester Airport and is pictured a number of times in this book.

Playing Where’s Mo? would be a good way of practising observation skills, taking in more of each jam-packed scene and zoning into the humour of Michael Parkin’s illustrations. (See the man whose underwear is falling out of his bag as he rushes to check-in!).

Dino is Adam’s toy dinosaur, whose holiday adventure we get to follow, from packing at home, to arriving at the terminal, then checking in, going through security and eventually boarding, taking off and arriving. Young readers will be engrossed with new facts, eg that ‘the piano keys’ are the name given to the bit of the airfield that marks the start of the runway; or that airport lounges have hidden cupboards stuffed with pillows, water bottles, etc, for use during delays.

Little doubt, then, that children will be queuing up to borrow Airport Adventure from the school library.