This is exactly the kind of book my son would have loved as a young boy. Anything related to airplanes was an instant favorite. When your grandpa has his own little plane (Beechcraft Sundowner), and you’ve flown in it, you want to know more!

Facts and pictures of Canada’s airplanes are what you get in this simple a, b, c book. The cover is beautiful and eye catching. I liked the inclusion of a bit of information about Alis, but it left me wanting more. It was too sparse. I tend to connect to relational aspects of stories more than facts.

This will be a fun book to peruse with you children who have an interest in vehicles or “things that go”!

Thank you #netgalley for giving me a copy of Alis the Aviator to review. A good book for kids who want to know more about different types of planes. The illustrations were cute.

A great kids book about aviation. I love anything about aviation. Would love to see the finished product the picture book I think would be amazing. Not a book younger than 7 could read themselves. Thanks for the chance to read

This was a really fun alphabet book. It is about different types of planes. The paper pieced illustrations are masterfully done. The make each air transporter stand out from the others. The cadence of the alphabet works wonderfully. All in all this was a great lesson about planes (mainly from Canada) and one interesting pilot Alis.

a great little ABC book.
My 1-year-old loves airplanes and we found this book fun and spot on for an airplane lover.
My older kids who are learning to read also enjoyed it and found it fun.

I have to admit that my initial assumption as to what the book<I>Alis the Aviator</I> by Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail would entail and be about were one hundred percent wrong. I had initially believed, upon seeing that it would be an "ABC Aviation Adventure" that the book would actually feature a clever way for young kids to be introduced to the actual aviation alphabet instead of simply acting as most alphabet children's books do and just name things that relate to aviation with each letter. Of course, <I>Alis the Aviator</I> simply used words that related to flight rather than taking the opportunity to teach children how actual pilots speak. And while there is certainly nothing wrong with that, especially in a children's book, I have to admit that I was a little disappointed.

Of course, this is entirely influenced by the fact that I know someone who really wants to be a pilot and therefore have been with him as he works through learning the pilots alphabet. And I really do feel as though an incredible opportunity was completely missed here, likely because the author probably isn't that involved in aviation to the point that they would be aware of this alphabet or would want to introduce it to young kids who are interested in planes. It's not enough for me to say that the book is bad, as it was a really wonderful story about a female pilot that simultaneously went through the regular alphabet. But I do feel that a lot of potential for this book was lost on account of the exclusion of the pilot's alphabet.

The artwork was beautiful and pleasant to look at. I can definitely see a lot of children really engaged with this book. I don't think that I would buy it, personally, as I genuinely do feel that I would prefer a book like the one I was anticipating. And, who knows, perhaps I'll even write that one myself?

<I>I was provided a free copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.</I>

A children's book with Alis the aviator doing her ABC's with the names of different planes and rhyming descriptions. This is a non-fiction book with information on the pilot Alis at the back of the book. The artwork in the book was paper cutouts, cute and different. This book is perfect for a budding lover of planes and flying.

First things first, the title is a little misleading- this is primarily an alphabet book, rather than a biography, though it does include biographical information about Alis Kennedy, a groundbreaking indigenous female pilot from Canada. What an interesting woman! I'd love to have lunch with her and listen to her stories! Now, as for the book- I really enjoyed this one, the art was gorgeous, with detailed paper collages illustrating an aircraft for each letter of the alphabet, with the exceptions of P for parachutes (and parapups! I never knew there were parapups!). As the illustrations progress, we watch young Alis grow up, join the military, and become a pilot herself- I enjoyed that touch! After we've gone through the alphabet, we get a short bio of Alis Kennedy, the inspiration for this book, and a glossary detailing all the aircraft covered. A lovely book, I learned a lot!

I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

The text was simple and rhyming. The picture were colorful. It was an ABC book, but I wasn't sure how some of the words they chose to represent the letters related to aviation. I did like the glossary in the back that had aviation terms. I think young kids will like it, but it's only a 3 from me.

The title of this book is misleading. This is an alphabet book. It goes through all 26 letters, each one standing for a different type of plane. I enjoyed the pictures and I'm sure kids who are interested in flying or learning more about planes would be interested in this.

This little alphabet book is so Canadian. It's also surprisingly good, and will probably appeal to kids who can't wait to get up into the clouds.

The rhyming text goes through a whole alphabet of aircraft, from the Avro Arrow to the Zeppelin. The illustrations are done with cut-paper collage, and I really like the look of the whole book. As a bonus, each of the twenty-six aircraft is profiled in the back.

I'm not sure about the title of this one, since we only get to read Alis's story at the end. This is really an alphabet book that adds a little bit of a biography of a pioneering woman aviator. But it's still quite strong, and I would definitely recommend it.