Airports

Name: Airports
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ISBN: 9780500653876

Maxim Usik, Laurence Hardisty, Laurence Hardisty

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Miscellaneous
05 May 2026

Children's & Educational; People & places (Children's&YA)

The first in a new series that takes readers behind the scenes to discover exactly how an airport works.

Airports plunges readers into the busy and complex world of an international airport to discover exactly how it works.

Starting with the urgent and sometimes tricky-to-answer questions a child might ask - Why can't I ride on the bag carousel? Can a body scanner see me naked? Do suitcases get mixed up? Can you take snakes on a plane? - this book provides detailed and honest answers, to both entertain and ease the stresses and anxieties of first-time airport visitors.

With entertaining and hyper-detailed illustrations by Maxim Usik, this book presents airports as they've never been seen before: gateways to adventure as fascinating to explore and visually intriguing as the locations the planes jet off to! And equally as interesting to the adult reader as it is to the child!

Marking the first in a new series that will also explore TV Studios and Hospitals, amongst other locations, this fun and entertaining non-fiction book will demand repeat readings and serve as a brilliant reference book for schools and libraries as well.

By: Laurence Hardisty
Illustrated by: Maxim Usik
Consultant editor: Laurence Hardisty
Imprint: Miscellaneous
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 325mm, Width: 235mm,
ISBN: 9780500653876
ISBN 10: 0500653879
Pages: 48
Publication Date: 05 May 2026
Recommended Age: From 7 to 10 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Maxim Usik is an illustrator based in Finland, whose clients include The New Yorker Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, BBC, Smith Street Books and Running Press Books, among others. He is the illustrator of the Friends and Seinfeld seek-and-find books.

Reviews for Airports

Nine concise chapters that offer a tour of security checkpoints, the cockpit, the control tower, and more are framed as responses to questions--all audience-appropriate and many amusing, like ""Can a Body Scanner See Me Naked?'... Spreads crammed with details have a Richard Scarry or Where's Waldo vibe... Just the ticket for transportation mavens and anyone interested in--or apprehensive about--flying.-- ""Kirkus Reviews"" (1/15/2026 12:00:00 AM)