Five different trucks do five different jobs to get an airplane ready for takeoff.

"An exploratory journey through the airport."--

Curious George goes to the airport with his friend and manages to get lost.

"James and Michelle find themselves in the Atlanta airport on a layover. They couldn't be more different, but seemingly interminable delays draw them both to a mysterious flashing green light--and each other. Where James is passive, Michelle is anything but. And she quickly discovers that the flashing green light is actually... a button. Which she presses. Which may or may not unwittingly break the rules of the universe--at least as those rules apply...

"Spend a day at the airport alongside pilots, flight attendants, and baggage handlers in this charming nonfiction story"--

"Angela loses her father at the airport and looks everywhere to find him--beside the airplanes, under the airplanes, and finally inside an airplane. Sitting in the cockpit, she pushes one button, then another till--oh no! The plane takes off"--

The roar of planes and excitement of trips naturally spark kids' interest. This virtual field trip introduces readers to the people, sights, sounds, and services they'll find at an airport. Carefully-leveled text and big, full-color photographs bring an authentic field-trip experience to life on the page.

While at the airport waiting for her father to pick up his best friend from childhood, Cam Jansen uses her photographic memory to help a distressed father find his missing daughter.

"Airport takes emergent readers on a trip to the airport while providing them with a supportive first nonfiction reading experience. Carefully crafted text uses high-frequency words, repetitive sentence patterns, and strong visual references to support emergent readers, making sure they aren't facing too many challenges at once. Airport includes Tools for Teachers and Caregivers and a Let's Review! question and image, as well as introductory nonfiction...

"On a cross-country, redeye flight from Los Angeles to Boston, ten passengers awaken in Bangor, Maine, to find that the crew and most of their fellow passengers have disappeared. The airport shows no signs of life. Yet they hear "radio static" in the distance. Craig Toomey, an irritable investment banker on the verge of a breakdown, believes it is "The Langoliers," monsters he was afraid of as a child who attack those who waste time. It's mystery...