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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 629.1300922
EAN num: 9780618133475
Format: Audiobook
ISBN number: 061813347X
Label: Clarion Books
Manufacturer: Clarion Books
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 48
Printing Date: September 23, 2002
Publishing house: Clarion Books
Age index: Ages 4-8
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Orville and Wilbur Wright were a fascinating pair. Not only did they invent, build, and fly the very first airplane, they were also idiosyncratic individuals who had a unique relationship, sharing a home, a bank account, and a business throughout their lives. Their story is portrayed here in brief, accessible chapters, beginning with their childhood fascination with flight and love of problem solving, then detailing their early experiments and dangerous trial runs in North Carolina, and ending with their successful flights of 1903. This well-researched and personable biography is illustrated with elegant watercolors by flight enthusiast and noted artist Robert Andrew Parker, and will be published just in time for the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' very first flight. Timeline, endnotes, bibliography.
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"To Fly: The Story of the Wright Brothers" is a science lesson told as the opening chapter in the Age of Aviation. The story is about how Orville and Wilbur Wright went from flying kites to the very first heavier-than-air manned flight (the book touches briefly on the initial skeptcism over their claims and their vindication five years later in France). Each chapter by Wendie Old consists of a page (maybe two) of text and an accompanying diagram, and the result is a sequential study of process by which kites became gliders and gliders became flying machines because of the Wright Brothers. The biographical elements become the backdrop for the invention of the airplane, focusing more on the unique working relationship that developed between the two brothers more than anything else. The illustrations by Robert Andrew Parker were executed in watercolor, which is appropriate to the subject matter; I was reminded, as you may be as well, of the famous drawings of DaVinci. The moral of the story is explained in the epilogue, where it was noted that the problem of making a flying machine work was not solved by scientists but by two bicycle repairmen from Dayton, Ohio. However, because of the way that Old tells the story, many young readers are going to be struck by the idea that what the Wright Brothers did is something that could have done. Ultimately, "To Fly" is not just informational, but inspirational as well.
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Wendie Old introduces Orville and Wilbur Wright, two bicycle repairmen from Dayton, Ohio, who dreamed of leaving the ground behind and soaring through the sky. From experiments with kites and gliders to the very first self-propelled flying machine, the Wright brothers used ingenuity and imagination to do something no scientist had ever been able to master, fly a heavier-than-air machine..... Ms Old's easy to read and engaging text traces the lives, work, disappointments, and triumphs of these two unassuming dreamers, and her simple scientific explanations of things like wind resistance, drag, and air pressure bring the mysteries of flight to life in a simple and informative way. Robert Andrew Parker's stunning and evocative pen and water-colour illustrations enhance the story with drama and wit, and imaginations will soar as kids watch the brothers' ideas come to life and take off. Perfect for youngsters 7-11, To Fly is an inspiring and intriguing biography that's sure to whet the appetite of young scientists and dreamers everywhere. "Watch buzzards,/Flying kites,/Lazy, crazy boys/The Wrights. They // Tried to fly/Just like a bird/Foolish dreamers/Strange. Absurd. We // Scoffed and scorned/Their dreams of flight/But we were wrong/And they were Wright. (Beverly McLoughland)"
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