Sky High: A Soaring History Of Aviation

If your child has ever pressed their face against a plane window and asked how on earth this enormous metal thing is staying up, this is the book that actually answers them — in the most spectacular way possible. Told as a comic album (112 pages, proper comic-book size at 37 x 27 cm), it covers everything from Leonardo da Vinci's wildest sketches to the Wright brothers' first terrifying wobble off the ground, with radar, parachutes, rotors and more in between. Honestly, you'll learn something too. We promise.

We love it because:

• It answers the questions children actually ask: how does a plane not fall? How does a parachute know when to open? Wings or rotors, which wins?
• The comic-album format makes genuinely complex engineering feel exciting and completely accessible
• It spans the whole wild history of human flight, from Renaissance dreamers to modern aviation, through an ensemble cast of brilliant, obsessive inventors
• The illustrations are full-colour and gorgeous throughout, at a size that really lets them breathe
• It reads like an adventure, not a textbook

What's in the box:

• One hardback copy of Sky High: A Soaring History of Aviation by Jacek Ambrozewski, published by Thames & Hudson

Great for:

• Ages 8 and up
• Children who are into science, history, engineering or just things that go very fast very high up
• A gift that genuinely gets read, not shelved
• Curious readers who like their facts delivered with drama and great pictures
• School projects, bedside tables, and long rainy weekends

Important to know:

• Hardback, 112 pages
• Dimensions: 37 x 27 cm
• Full colour illustrations throughout
• Suitable from age 8 upwards
• Published 19 October 2023, ISBN 9780500653418