Amelia Earhart

Format:

Book

Title:

Amelia Earhart

Author:

Mara, Wil.

ISBN:

9780531210598

9780531249802

Publication:

New York : Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., [2014]

Physical Description:

32 pages : illlustrations, color map ; 19 cm.

Series title(s):

Rookie biography.

General Note:

Includes index.

Contents:

Meet Amelia Earhart -- A young adventurer -- Flying high -- Her final flight -- Timeline -- A poem about Amelia Earhart -- You can be a pioneer.

Summary:

Introduces to readers the life and legacy of the first female air pilot who disappeared over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 while on a flight around the world.

Personal Subject:

Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937-Juvenile literature.

Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937.

Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937. (OCoLC)fst00000122

Subject(s):

Air pilots -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Air pilots -- Biography.

Women air pilots -- Biography.

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Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Salem Main Library	J 921 Earhart, Amelia 2014	Searching... Unknown

Discover how Earhart became a pioneer of the skies, and read about her mysterious disappearance.Fact-filled Rookie Read-About Biographies introduce the youngest readers to influential women and men, both past and present. Colorful photos and age appropriate text encourage children to read on their own-as they learn about people like Serena Williams, Neil Armstrong, Rosa Parks, Anne Frank and many more. When Amelia Earhart was growing up, there were very few pilots-and even fewer who were women. But she never let that stop her from following her dream to fly.

Author Notes

Wil Mara, a lifelong fan of the National Football League, is the author of more than seventy-five books. He has written both fiction and nonfiction, for both children and adults. Aside from his " NFL novels, " he also wrote the 2005 disaster thriller Wave , which won the 2005 New Jersey Notable Book Award.

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Booklist Review

For cogent and straightforward early introductions to famous people, you'd be hard-pressed to top the humble yet hardworking Rookie Biographies series. In 32 pages, the books use layers of info large declarative sentences, smaller fast facts, and even smaller captions to ease a reader's path into an ever-deeper understanding. Every spread includes a well-chosen one-page photo that brings the text to life. Amelia Earhart benefits, as do all bios of the aviatrix, from Earhart's effortless photogenic appeal, as she grins easily through a life during which she bucked trends as a matter of course, setting records and smashing ceilings before her mysterious disappearance in 1937. There's no real getting into the minds of the subjects, but that's okay the facts, the pictures, and the back matter (a poem, life tips, a time line, and more) speak for themselves.--Kraus, Daniel Copyright 2014 Booklist

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