Maisy's Plane

Reviewed by: Sheila Dube - Springvale Public Library, Springvale, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: July 30, 2015

Review

This is a sturdy board book that is perfect for little hands and short attention spans. Each spread features Cousin's signature brightly colored gouache illustrations in a folk art style. The regular group of characters all appear, although only Tallulah and Eddie are named. The text consists of one sentence per page, written in black Lucy Cousins font. Maisy flies her plane to a special party and along the way gives a greeting to Tallulah who is in a hot air balloon. Maisy does a loop-the-loop and unrolls a banner from the back of the plane stating "Happy Birthday, Eddie!" An airplane, motorcycle, car and hot air balloon are presented, although there does not seem to be an added dimension to the story compared to "Maisy's Tractor" in the same board book series which provides more interaction with setting. This board book is useful for introducing modes of transportation.

Overall Book Score: good