Jumbo: The Making of the Boeing 747 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781250155801)

For the 50th anniversary of the Boeing 747's first commercial flight, a picture book about the development of the iconic passenger plane and how it changed the history of air travel.

In 1968, the biggest passenger jet the world had ever seen premiered in Everett, Washington. The giant plane was called the Boeing 747, but reporters named it "the Jumbo jet."

There was only one problem. It couldn't fly. Yet.

Jumbo details the story of the world's first wide body passenger jet, which could hold more people than any other plane at the time and played a pivotal role in allowing middle class families to afford overseas travel. Author and illustrator Chris Gall, himself a licensed pilot, shows how an innovative design, hard work by countless people, and ground-breaking engineering put the Jumbo jet in the air.

On January 22, 1970, the Boeing 747 made it's first transatlantic flight, taking passengers from New York to Paris in seven hours.

Author: Chris Gall
ISBN-10: 1250155800
ISBN-13: 9781250155801
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Language: English
Published: 08/04/2020
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.36lbs
Size: 10.10h x 12.10w x 0.60d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.6
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 509881 / Jumbo: The Making of the Boeing 747


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2020
School Library Journal 07/01/2020 pg. 73
Booklist 07/01/2020 pg. 58
Publishers Weekly 07/20/2020