Ready For Takeoff is a helpful, informative, and well-done picture
book by Joy Marie Berg that makes flying less intimidating and more
comfortable. It features superb illustrations and clear, interesting,
gentle, and age-appropriate explanations and aviation facts. As
flying can be stressful for anyone, especially kids, this book
teaches, among other things, about the buttons and switches in the
cockpit, sounds, turbulence, the autopilot, airplane engines,
contrails, and answers to questions such as how many hours a pilot
must fly to become a captain, why the cabin lights dim, or what
happens if lightning strikes the airplane. It is also the perfect choice
for parents who need help preparing their young one(s) for their
first or any airplane ride to alleviate some of their worries.