Mysteries of Ships & Planes gathers 28 stories about strange events at sea and in the air. The stories tell the tales of shipwrecks, disappearing planes, war time mysteries, and other weird occurrences in history involving ships and planes. Some tales such as the legend of the Mary Celeste, and the loss of Flight 19 were familiar stories. Others, including the sinking of the Eleanor Hamilton and the lost crew of Blimp L-18, were completely new to me. So interesting!

The stories are short. Each is only 2-3 pages long. The content is middle grade appropriate, but still interesting reading for adults. This would be a perfect book to entice reluctant readers to read. Anyone interested in unsolved mysteries would enjoy this collection of 28 short tales.

There are several similar books by Phyllis Raybin Emert. UFOs, monsters, ghosts, weird animals, dreams, unsolved mysteries, scary places....just about anything mysterious and spooky has been included in one of her books. I love reading story collections like this! Reminds me of the books I used to order from the book order forms at school. :)

This book was published in 1990 and appears to be currently out of print. Used copies are readily available online, and check your local public library. I wish these books would be given a bit of an update and re-released. Kids love these little stories about weird things. Adults, too! ( )