Airports: Behind the Scenes by Usik, Maxim

Airports: Behind the Scenes

Airports reveals the busy and complex world of an international airport to discover exactly how it works.Airports...
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Author: Maxim Usik
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Airports: Behind the Scenes by Usik, Maxim

Airports: Behind the Scenes

$71.99 $37.63

Airports: Behind the Scenes

$71.99 $37.63
Author: Maxim Usik
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

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

Airports are complex and fast-moving environments filled with people traveling across the globe and workers keeping it all going---and there are so many questions about how they work: How do the bags get to the planes? Why can't people ride the luggage carousels? Do suitcases get mixed up? Do body scanners show people naked? Can snakes ride on a plane? Why can't we open the windows on the plane? And where do planes go at night? These are just a few of the questions answered in this entertaining, informative, and thoroughly satisfying book.

With fun and hyper--detailed illustrations by Maxim Usik, this volume 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! For anyone interested in flight, this book takes young readers behind the scenes to see the systems and precautions which make flying one of the safest ways to travel.



Author: Maxim Usik,Anna Ridley
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 04/07/2026
Pages: 48
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 12.95h x 9.48w x 0.47d
ISBN: 9780500653876
Audience: Ages 9-12


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 04/01/2026
Shelf Awareness 01/01/0001
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2026

About the Author
Usik, Maxim: - Maxim Usik moved to Finland at age 17 to study visual communication. After working in design studios in Helsinki, he became a freelance illustrator and took off on a world tour, working remotely for clients while exploring South America, India, Spain, Asia, and Europe. His clients include The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, BBC, McDonald's Finland, among others. Follow him on Instagram @usjara.

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