Customer Reviews

Sadie the Airmail Pilot

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My 4 year son loves this book. We borrowed it from the library he wouldn't let me take it back till I bought him his own. We had to read it at least twice at bed time. Wonderful story and great illustrations.

My 3.5 year old daughter loves this book. The retro-style illustrations are a visual smorgasboard. The author clearly has a passion and understanding of late 1920's to early 1930's aviation: There are autogiros, bi-planes, 'Popular Mechanics' futuristic designs- all borne of the '30's. However, the story is also gripping and fun as well. It tells the tale of a female cat pilot (Sadie) who flies the mail run in a small mono-plane with pure grit and determination to a meteorological outpost high in the South American Andes mountians. And you guessed it: She gets into trouble...but there is a happy outcome! A treasure of a book for boys and girls aged between 3 years to 41 years plus (in my case). Here's hoping Kellie Strom produces more!

I borrowed this book from our local library for my son. He loves it! The story is really exciting and I also like that it has a female heroine. The illustrations are amazing and the story line kept his attention. He is 2.5 years old but he tends to be more interested in stories that are a little bit above his age group. He's loved to read since he could walk. So, I would say this could easily entertain kindergarteners as well.