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22) First flight
Author
Series
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Provides a brief history of the Wright brothers and how they developed the first flying machine.
Author
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"This book is the first deconstruction of the Wright Brothers' myth. They were not -- as we have all come to believe--two halves of the same apple. Each had a distinctive role in creating the first 'flying machine'."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Provides a look at the lives of Orville and Wilbur Wright, as seen through the eyes of their younger sister, Katharine, who provided support and encouragement while they worked on their many inventions.
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"On-point historical photographs combined with strong narration bring the story of the historic first flight ever to life. Kids will feel as though they are at Kitty Hawk with Wilbur and Orville Wright as the brothers prepare to test their aircraft. They'll also learn about the history of flight and the skepticism that greeted the Wrights when they, at first, refused to release the photograph of their successful flight"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"While not as famous as her older siblings Wilbur and Orville, the celebrated inventors of flight, Katharine Wright is equally inventive – especially when it comes to solving crimes – in USA Today bestselling author Amanda Flower's radiant new historical mystery series inspired by the real sister of the Wright Brothers. December 1903: While Wilbur and Orville Wright's flying machine is quite literally taking off in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina...
27) The flyers
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In 1903, a group of children on the beach at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, dream of flying and witness the first flight of the Wright brothers. Includes a chronology of milestones in the history of flight.
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Follow the famous aviators from their bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio, to the fields of North Carolina where they were to make their famous flights. In an era of dirigibles and hot air balloons, the Wright Brothers were among the first innovators of heavier than air flight. But in the hotly competitive international race toward flight, Orville and Wilbur were up against a lot more than bad weather. Mechanical failures, lack of information, and even other...
Series
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
By exploring archival films, photographs and actual drawings and materials, students will learn of the Wright brothers, especially through reenactments. They had to test their ideas about flight before finally building their first powered airplane.
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