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Read and find out about flying before the airplane in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.

People have taken dangerous risks trying to fly. Some inventors built wings for their arms and flapped them like birds. Others tried to fly with balloons or tried to glide with the wind. This book describes the creative, fascinating, and wacky experiments that people tried before the airplane was invented.

This is a clear and appealing science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom. It''s a Level 2 Let''s-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades. The 100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series are:

  • hands-on and visual
  • acclaimed and trusted
  • great for classrooms

Top 10 reasons to love LRFOs:

  • Entertain and educate at the same time
  • Have appealing, child-centered topic

How People Learned to Fly

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    A Paperback / softback by Fran Hodgkins, True Kelley

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      Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 16/10/2007
      ISBN13: 9780064452212, 978-0064452212
      ISBN10: 0064452212

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Read and find out about flying before the airplane in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.

      People have taken dangerous risks trying to fly. Some inventors built wings for their arms and flapped them like birds. Others tried to fly with balloons or tried to glide with the wind. This book describes the creative, fascinating, and wacky experiments that people tried before the airplane was invented.

      This is a clear and appealing science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom. It''s a Level 2 Let''s-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades. The 100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series are:

      • hands-on and visual
      • acclaimed and trusted
      • great for classrooms

      Top 10 reasons to love LRFOs:

      • Entertain and educate at the same time
      • Have appealing, child-centered topic

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