The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780823410828)

A Newbery Honor-winning biography of the men whose experiments brought about the Age of Flight.

This engaging narrative account of Orville and Wilbur Wright, two men with little formal schooling but a knack for solving problems, follows their interest from a young age in the developing field of aeronautics. Russell Freedman's writing brings the brothers' personalities to life, enhancing the record of events with excerpts from the brothers' writing and correspondence, and accounts of those who knew them.

Chronicling their lives from their early mechanical work on toys and bicycles through the development of several flyers, The Wright Brothers follows the siblings through their achievements--not only the first powered, sustained, controlled airplane flight, but the numerous improvements and enhancements that followed, their revolutionary airplane business, and the long legacy of that first brief flight.

Illustrated with numerous historical photographs--many taken by the Wright brothers themselves--this is a concise, extremely reader-friendly introduction to these important American inventors.

Includes a note on the Wright brothers' photographs, as well as recommendation for further reading and learning.

Author: Russell Freedman
ISBN-10: 082341082X
ISBN-13: 9780823410828
Publisher: Holiday House
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1991
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.90h x 9.70w x 0.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.7
Point Value: 4
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 5913 / Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 12/15/1996 pg. 716
Booklist 01/01/2001 pg. 979