To Fly: The Story of the Wright Brothers (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780618133475)

Orville and Wilbur Wright were a fascinating pair. Not only did they invent, build, and fly the first airplane, they were also idiosyncratic individuals who had a unique relationship, sharing a home, a bank account, and a business throughout their lives. Their story is portrayed here in brief, accessible chapters, beginning with their childhood fascination with flight and love of problem solving, then detailing their early experiments and dangerous trial runs in North Carolina, and ending with their successful flights of 1903. This well-researched and personable biography is illustrated with elegant watercolors by flight enthusiast and noted artist Robert Andrew Parker. Timeline, endnotes, bibliography.

Author: Wendie C. Old
ISBN-10: 061813347X
ISBN-13: 9780618133475
Publisher: Clarion Books
Language: English
Published: 09/23/2002
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 10.10h x 10.80w x 0.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.4
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 65649 / To Fly: The Story of the Wright Brothers

Award: Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards - Honor Book
Award: Orbis Pictus Award - Honor Book

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/22/2002 pg. 178
Kirkus Review - Children 09/01/2002 pg. 1317
Booklist 10/01/2002 pg. 318
School Library Journal 10/01/2002 pg. 190
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2002 pg. 779
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2002 pg. 121
New York Times 11/17/2002 pg. 44
ALA Notable Children's Books 03/15/2003 pg. 1308
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2002 pg. 179 - Superior,Well Above Average
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2003 pg. 179 - Superior,Well Above Average