The Wright Brothers: A Flying Start (Snapshots: Images of People and Places in History) - Hardcover

MacLeod, Elizabeth

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9781550749335: The Wright Brothers: A Flying Start (Snapshots: Images of People and Places in History)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1550749331 ISBN 13: 9781550749335

Publisher: Kids Can Pr, 2002

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Uses photographs, newspaper clippings, maps, quotes, and drawings to explore the early struggles of the flying machine's inventors, and includes timelines and a list of pertinent web sites.

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Review:

Although most libraries own several books on the Wright brothers, few of them can rival this one for clarity of text and variety of illustration. An excellent time line on the lives of the Wright brothers and the history of light is included. With its wealth of illustrative material, this title will especially appeal to reluctant readers and browsers.--School Library Journal

No ordinary Biography of the Wright brother, this account features a scrapbooklike layout that will appeal to reluctant readers.--Book Links

Full of interesting facts and well-captioned, period photos, this book is a good starting point for information on the lives and accomplishments of Wilbur and Orville Wright.--Booklist

About the Author:

Elizabeth MacLeod has written many children's books, including nine titles in the Snapshots Biography series, numerous titles in the Kids Can Read, Kids Books Of and Kids Can Do It series, Why Do Horses Have Manes?, What Did Dinosaurs Eat?, and Monster Fliers. She lives in Toronto.

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