The author and illustrator effectively uses monochromatic pencil-on-watercolor drawings to create a soft, dreamy effect. The simple language soothingly lulls the young reader into the imagination and dreams of the little boy portrayed in the book. ( )

"Summary: A young boy looks at a plane in the sky and imagines flying one all the way to the moon." ( )

I know it's a children's book, but I prefer there to at least be some factual basis for things that should have it. Totally fictional books, such as The Search for the Zipper-Rump-A-Zoo, I'm quite ok with. But something like this should have at least some factual basis. I felt like I had to explain to my daughter that no, planes can't really go up to the moon and that even if they could, they couldn't survive re-entry, and all that sort of thing.

However, that being said, it was a quick read, my daughter enjoyed it, and it does certainly fire the imagination about the moon and things like that.

A decent book, all in all. ( )