Instructs readers on how to build and fly kites, and provides background information and kite designs from China, Malaysia, Thailand, Korea, and Japan.

A fierce offshore wind discourages the guests from the Sea-Breeze Hotel until a boy makes kite-flying the major attraction.

When Floyd's kite gets stuck in a tree, he tries to knock it down using such items as a shoe, a chair, a car, and an orangutan.

When Floyd's kite gets stuck in a tree, he tries to knock it down with increasingly larger and more outrageous things.

When Biscuit the puppy and his best friend, Puddles, head to the park to fly kites, they learn that it is not as easy as it looks.

While on a Sunday outing, Fernando and his family encounter a kite festival and decide to create a kite from scrap materials so that they can join in.

Pictures and brief rhymes depict flying a kite on a windy day.

Pablito, a Guatemalan boy whose pet pig Amarillo has disappeared, uses a kite to send him a message that he still loves him.

Addy's new life in Philadelphia in the late 1860s continues to hold surprises, as she competes in a kite festival and her teacher recommends her for the Institute for Colored Youth. Includes informational pages about the Institute for Colored Youth and how to make a kite.