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Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
33 p. : col. ill. ; 22 x27 cm.
Description
Presents a short history and outline of the basic principles of flight, along with diagrams of some of the unusual contraptions that people used in their attempts to fly before the Wright brothers finally succeeded in 1903.
Author
Series
Flight school volume 1
Formats
Description
Little Penguin, who has the "soul of an eagle," enrolls in flight school.
4) Flight
Author
Series
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
68 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 31 cm.
5) Max
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
[24] p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
Description
Max, the young son of superheroes, is a late bloomer when it comes to flying, until he is inspired by the plight of a falling baby bird.
Author
Series
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
77 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
"Why do airplanes look the way they do? Why can't birds fly when they're first born? And why do some paper planes fly farther than others? Discover everything there is to know about flight from Ada Twist, Scientist--from information about creatures that fly, to the history of aircrafts, to modern technology that allows us to soar through the air faster than ever!"--Amazon.
Author
Description
"Mina is trying to focus on her job as a flight attendant, not the problems of her five-year-old daughter back home, or the fissures in her marriage. But the plane has barely taken off when Mina receives a chilling note from an anonymous passenger, someone intent on ensuring the plane never reaches its destination. Someone who needs Mina's assistance and who knows exactly how to make her comply. It's twenty hours to landing. A lot can happen in twenty...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
320 pages cm
Description
"In Beyond Earth, Charles Wohlforth and Amanda R.Hendrix offer groundbreaking research and argue persuasively that not Mars, but Titan?a moon of Saturn with a nitrogen atmosphere, a weather cycle, and an inexhaustible supply of cheap energy, where we will even be able to fly like birds in the minimal gravitational field?offers the most realistic and thrill?ing prospect of life without support from Earth."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Description
Provides information on the science of flight, air travel, and airplanes, including how the Wright brothers designed the first airplane, how an airport metal detector works, and how a pilot steers an airplane.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The sky is a challenging place to live, but extraordinary animals do something we only dream of 6 take to the air. Some spend their lives airborne, others only visit, but they all have one thing in common: they only survive by taking to the skies. This three-part series reveals the incredible adaptations that explain how these animals have mastered the sky and why they all need it to survive.
13) Moon plane
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Description
A young boy looks at a plane in the sky and imagines flying one all the way to the moon.
Author
Series
Cat the cat (Easy readers) volume 2
Publisher
Balzer & Bray
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
An exuberant cat cheers on her friends as they demonstrate whether or not they can fly.
15) See Pip flap
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Appears on list
Description
With help from his friend Otto the robot, Pip the mouse tries to fly.
16) Wings
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
Follows a baby bird on its first flight, one that starts cautiously and ends with delight.
Author
Publisher
Armadillo
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
Offers an introduction to flight, covering such topics as wings, lift, air resistance, and gliding, with instructions for eighteen experiments that demonstrate how mechanical and animal flight works.
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