The Story of Flight: Early Flying Machines, Balloons, Blimps, Gliders, Warplanes, and Jets (Voyages of Discovery) [Hardcover]

Dan Hagedorn (Editor), Sheila Keenan (Editor)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Series: Voyages of Discovery

A history of aviation highlights such topics as the Wright brother's workshop and wartime plane motors while profiling such important figures as Da Vinci, Lindberg, and Earhart, and provides reusable stickers of cockpit panels, warplanes, and blimps.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 4-6?A flashy, colorful set of books with numerous die-cut pages, transparencies, fold-outs, and reusable stickers. All of the titles feature short text, lots of full-color illustrations, informative captions, and sidebars. The spiral bindings are enclosed in a standard spine, making the books easy to label and attractive to shelve. Architecture begins with simple shelters, progresses to the classical world's constructions, medieval castles and cathedrals, Japanese paper houses, bridges, London's Crystal Palace, skyscrapers, and Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater. Moviemaking covers the development of motion pictures from stills, the invention of talkies and technicolor, Hollywood, competition from television, special effects and animation, and notable people, such as Chaplin and Eisenstein. Flight starts with the dream of flight and flying animals and continues with kites, gliders, balloons and dirigibles, the invention of airplanes, the Wright Brothers, early flying aces, warplanes, and how navigational systems work. Wind discusses the atmosphere, clouds, different kinds of precipitation, rainbows and mirages, weather systems and storms, climates, and forecasting the weather. None of the books goes into great depth, but all have small, useful tidbits of information scattered throughout. Occasionally, simplification of the topics results in some strange wording: e.g., drag is explained by saying that "air tries to pull the plane backward," and light is compared to "millions of tiny balls," which may be misleading to beginners. Nonetheless, due to their format, style, and appealing topics, these books are sure to be popular.?Jeffrey A. French, Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Hardcover: 45 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Trade (October 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590476432
• ISBN-13: 978-0590476430
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 8.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #864,555 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Well-produced book, July 27, 2011

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M. Heiss (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Story of Flight: Early Flying Machines, Balloons, Blimps, Gliders, Warplanes, and Jets (Voyages of Discovery) (Hardcover)

This is a spiral-bound book with captivating illustrations and informative text and captions. There are cutaways, vellum overleafs, and mylar pages that let your child see inside the flying machines. This is pure magic for my kids. Young to old, they all love it.

This book includes brief biographical information, a great(!) glossary, an index, a timeline, and more information to satisfy even the biggest aviation fanatics. Our version also includes a page of stickers for your child to set inside the book, to complete the pages.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for classroom, April 12, 2011

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Amy Jenkins - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Story of Flight: Early Flying Machines, Balloons, Blimps, Gliders, Warplanes, and Jets (Voyages of Discovery) (Hardcover)

I bought this for high interest, low reading in a middle school classroom. The students enjoy this series. From the ESL readers to the gifted students.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Never received!, May 25, 2009

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This review is from: The Story of Flight: Early Flying Machines, Balloons, Blimps, Gliders, Warplanes, and Jets (Voyages of Discovery) (Hardcover)

This product never arrived after waiting for over a month and paying for the item. I've contacted the seller and I've heard nothing yet! I'm very disappointed.