Customer Reviews

Wind Flyers

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Lyrically written, beautifully illustrated, the book opens a piece of history with which I was not familiar. Dreams, bi-planes, and fulfillment come together wonderfully here.

Angela Johnson's WIND FLYERS tells how a boy's love of flight takes him on a journey from Alabama to the war in Europe, telling the story of the Tuskegee Airmen of the second world war. Lovely full-color paintings by Loren Long blend with the story of a boy's early love for flight in this simple introduction to the Tuskegee Airmen's accomplishments.

My 4 year old son is addicted to airplanes and flying. He loves this book so much that he has memorized every page in just a few months. Is a very good book for children of all ethnic backgrounds!

This is a wonderful book with beautiful illustrations, but the printing quality is poor. I returned the first copy because several pages inside were wrinkled, as if a small child had already read the book. Because it is going to be a gift, I wanted a pristine copy. My complaint was handled very quickly and professionally, and I received the replacement copy the next day, but the replacement has the same problem as the first copy: wrinkled pages. So I think the publisher has a problem with its printer in China and probably doesn't know it.