Benny the Biplane loved to fly! He flew pilots everywhere during the war. But then Benny lost his job. Now he sits in a field with other jobless planes. Benny hopes he can find a new job so he can fly once again. BENNY THE BIPLANE is a beginning reader for children ages 4 to 8. Typical of most picture books for very young readers, it uses easy words and repetition, providing excellent reading practice for children still mastering the fundamentals of simple sentence structures and common word forms. Atypical for its genre, however, BENNY THE BIPLANE incorporates historical black-and-white photographs of planes and a list of illustrations that indicates the model of each plane as well as time and location. This extra information may create additional learning and discussion opportunities for children and their parents. The book’s themes include jobs, joblessness, sadness, hope, and success, emphasizing that even when one’s outlook repeatedly appears dim, the future may hold better opportunities than those that were lost. As a picture book, it's relatively short, so it's a great, easy read on those nights when a longer book won't quite fit the bill. We hope you love it!