"Simple text and supportive full-color photographs introduce young readers to airplanes. Intended for kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher.
Contains illustrated, step-by-step instructions for drawing a submarine, a fighter jet, a speedboat, a tugboat, a 747, a biplane, a helicopter, and a pirate ship, each with a description; and includes tips on adding details.
Provides labeled illustrations of both real and imagined cars, trucks, and other vehicles, including a flying knight, a Russian house rocket, and a rescue helicopter.
Rhyming text introduces air travel, from the airport to the flight deck, with information about how planes fly, safety rules, in-flight entertainment, and air traffic control.
Follows Amelia Earhart, whose strong will and self-belief helped her overcome prejudice and technical problems to become the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. This inspiring and informative little biography comes with extra facts about Amelia's life.
"From the best-selling author of My Weird School: a new entry in the hilarious biography series that casts fresh light on high-interest historic figures. Did you know that Amelia Earhart loved heights so much she built a roller coaster in her backyard? Or that she used to race worms with her sister? Bet you didn't know that she took photographs of garbage cans to pay for flying lessons! Siblings Paige and Turner do-and they've collected some of the...
Grace, an aspiring young journalist, is excited when Amelia Earhart arrives in her town of Trepassey, Newfoundland, on June 4, 1928. Earhart wants to become the first female passenger to cross the Atlantic Ocean by air. Grace is there to see them--and to receive Earhart's telegram announcing their arrival in Ireland after twenty hours and forty minutes in flight.
