Wood, Wire, Wings: Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane by Larson, Kirsten W.

Wood, Wire, Wings: Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781629799384)

Vendor: Kirsten W. Larson
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Format: Hardcover
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Wood, Wire, Wings: Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane by Larson, Kirsten W.

Wood, Wire, Wings: Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane

$18.99
Wood, Wire, Wings: Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane by Larson, Kirsten W.

Wood, Wire, Wings: Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane

$18.99
Format: Hardcover
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Meet self-taught engineer Emma Lilian Todd as she tackles one of the greatest challenges of the early 1900s: designing an airplane.

Emma Lilian Todd's mind was always soaring--she loved to solve problems. Lilian tinkered and fiddled with all sorts of objects, turning dreams into useful inventions. As a child, she took apart and reassembled clocks to figure out how they worked. As an adult, typing up patents at the U.S. Patent Office, Lilian built the inventions in her mind, including many designs for flying machines. However, they all seemed too impractical. Lilian knew she could design one that worked. She took inspiration from both nature and her many failures, driving herself to perfect the design that would eventually successfully fly.

Author: Kirsten W. Larson
ISBN-10: 1629799386
ISBN-13: 9781629799384
Publisher: Calkins Creek Books
Language: English
Published: 02/25/2020
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 11.20h x 9.40w x 0.50d

Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 02/01/2020 pg. 84
Booklist 02/15/2020 pg. 73
Publishers Weekly 03/16/2020
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2020
By Kirsten W. Larson
By Kirsten W. Larson
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Kirsten W. Larson used to work with rocket scientists at NASA. Now she writes about rocket science--and just about any science--for kids. She is the author of more than twenty-five children's books, including the Robotics in Our World series. Visit https: //kirsten-w-larson.com.

After working as an industrial designer for seven years, Tracy Subisak began her business as a freelance illustrator and designer. She specializes in visual storytelling through children's literature, storyboarding, and design work. Visit tracysubisak.com.

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