Don’t you love stories that come full circle? As an adult reader, I was waiting to see how the paper plane that flew would come all the way back to Mithi because it had to, didn’t it? Even so, the last line of the story delighted me. Yes, I expected the last line to be The paper plane flew. Yet, the way the paper plane flew was utterly unexpected.
As a child, I loved songs like ‘There’s a hole in my bucket’ and stories about bad coins that come back to wicked people who deliberately tried to palm coins off. The Paper Plane Flew would have been one such favourite. The best part of the story is when an elephant eats the paper plane and poops it out, only to have the dung picked up and converted into paper. I had a diary made of elephant dung too, and oh! The possibilities!
Like all the other Hook Books, I love the way the text plays with the illustrations. Each time the paper plane flies, the text flies too, inviting us to pause and smile. With little Mithi, I rejoiced in the paper plane that seems to take on a life of its own as it travels across the sea and has a series of unexpected adventures.
| Title | The Paper Plane Flew |
| Author Illustrator | Bharti Singh Sheena Deviah |
| Tags | Hook Books, Early Reader, Chapter Book |
| Rating (out of 5) | 4 |
| Age-group | 5+ |
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