The story of flight : early flying machines, balloons, blimps, gliders, warplanes, and jets

Format:

Book

Title:

The story of flight : early flying machines, balloons, blimps, gliders, warplanes, and jets

Uniform Title:

Voler comme l'oiseau. English.

ISBN:

9780590476430

Publication Information:

New York : Scholastic, 1995.

Physical Description:

45 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm + 1 sheet of stickers in pocket at back.

Series title(s):

Scholastic voyages of discovery.

General Note:

Cover title.

Originally published in France in 1994 under the title: Voler comme l'oiseau.

Translator: Accent on Language, Inc. ; American translation by Scholastic, Inc.

Contents:

Flight : the ultimate dream -- Airborne animals -- On the wing -- Riding the wind -- Balloons -- Dirigibles -- Gliders and planes take off! -- Flying! -- Ace pilots -- Warplanes -- At the controls -- Navigation -- Now boarding ... -- Planes of the future -- Extending your reading.

Summary:

Traces the history of flight from the days when people only dreamed about flying to planes of the future. Illustrations explain how different flying machines function.

Subject(s):

Flight -- History -- Juvenile literature.

Aeronautics -- History -- Juvenile literature.

Flight -- History.

Aeronautics -- History.

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Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Stayton Public Library	JNF 629.13 JEUNESSE	Searching... Unknown

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Reviews (2)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 4-6A 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 (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Horn Book Review

The history of humankind's quest for flight touches on birds and flying insects, the early hot-air balloons and the experiments at Kitty Hawk, and the flying machines that have changed twentieth-century warfare, travel, and exploration. Illustrated with attractive artwork, the rushed overview includes plastic overlays, punch-out pages, and reusable stickers. A helpful time line is included. Bib., glos., ind. From HORN BOOK 1995, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.