Amelia Earhart

Format:

Book

Title:

Amelia Earhart

Other title(s):

Amelia Earhart : a photographic story of a life

Author:

Stone, Tanya Lee.

ISBN:

9780756625528

Edition:

1st American ed.

Publication:

New York : DK Publishing, [2007]

Physical Description:

128 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 20 cm

Series title(s):

DK biography.

Contents:

Shooting star -- Tomboy by nature -- High-spirited girl -- Finding her way -- Amelia learns to fly -- Aviator is born -- Another new start -- Lady Lindy -- "I was just baggage" -- High life -- Races, records, and rings -- Fun of it -- Pushing the limits -- Fatal flight -- Search for Amelia -- Timeline -- Bibliography, sources cited -- Index -- For further study.

Summary:

An introduction to one of America's most famous pilots, who mysteriously disappeared in 1937 while flying over the Pacific Ocean.

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.

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Library	Call Number	Status
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With more than 100 full-color photographs and illustrations and detailed sidebars, this entry in DK's acclaimed Biography series celebrate a pioneer who changed how the world is viewed: aviatrix Amelia Earhart.

Supports the Common Core State Standards.

Author Notes

Tanya Lee Stone studied English at Oberlin College and was an editor of children's nonfiction for many years. She also has a Masters Degree. She teaches writing at Champlain College. After many years as an editor. Tanya moved to Vermont and returned to writing. This award-winning author has written titles that include the young adult novel, A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl, Up Close: Ella Fitzgerald , picture books Elizabeth Leads the Way, Sandy's Circus, and Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors? She has also written narrative nonfiction with her titles: Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream, and The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie. In 2014 her title, Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, made The New York Times Best Seller List.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Introduction: A Shooting Star	p. 6
Chapter 1 A Tomboy by Nature	p. 8
Chapter 2 A High-Spirited Girl	p. 16
Chapter 3 Finding Her Way	p. 22
Chapter 4 Amelia Learns to Fly	p. 30
Chapter 5 An Aviator is Born	p. 38
Chapter 6 Another New Start	p. 48
Chapter 7 Lady Lindy	p. 56
Chapter 8 "I Was Just Baggage"	p. 64
Chapter 9 The High Life	p. 62
Chapter 10 Races, Records, and Rings	p. 78
Chapter 11 The Fun of it	p. 88
Chapter 12 Pushing the Limits	p. 96
Chapter 13 The Fatal Flight	p. 104
Chapter 14 The Search for Amelia	p. 114
Timeline	p. 122
Bibliography, Sources Cited	p. 124
Index	p. 126
For Further Study	p. 127

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