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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
The Crunching Munching Caterpillar	Sheridan Cain	Caterpillar wants to fly like Butterfly, Bumblebee, and Sparrow, and Butterfly thinks his wish may come true.	OL114631W
Action	Kim Taylor	A fascinating introduction to the scientific principles of movement, from the leaping of a frog to the flight of an airplane. Simple experiments are included	OL11920144W
Understanding flight	David F. Anderson	Discover how planes get--and stay--airborneNow you can truly master an understanding of the phenomenon of flight. This practical guide is the most intuitive introduction to basic flight mechanics ava…	OL13376084W
Air and flight	Sally Hewitt	Discusses the properties of air, its necessity for life, environmental issues, and aerodynamics.	OL14295W
Guinness world records	Laurie Calkhoven,Ryan Herndon	40 records about amazing animals and amazing feats.	OL15397081W
Fables	Roger L'Estrange,Percy J. Billinghurst,Joseph Jacobs,Aesop	The world's oldest known collection of fables and folk tales. Some of the stories credited to Aesop, a Greek slave who lived in about the sixth century BCE, are known in every corner of the globe, su…	OL15464922W
Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?	Eleanor Hudson	Elmo, who likes books, is suddenly transported away from them and Sesame Street while flying a kite.	OL15829677W
Amazing flying machines	Robin Kerrod	Text and photographs present flying machines throughout history, including hot-air balloons, helicopters, and the space shuttle.	OL16060961W
Falcon	Tim Jessell	A young boy imagines himself as a falcon, soaring in flight over sea and city in faraway places.	OL16597013W
The sky of now	Chaim Potok	A flight lesson aboard Uncle Conor's plane helps ten-year-old Brian overcome his fear of heights.	OL1812102W
Tar Beach	Faith Ringgold	Cassie Louise Lightfoot, eight years old in 1939, has a dream: to be free to go wherever she wants for the rest of her life. One night, up on "tar beach" --the rooftop of her family's Harlem apartmen…	OL1859174W
Alison's wings	Marion Dane Bauer	Young Alison, dreaming of having her own wings, tries to find a way to fly.	OL1882795W
Flight Volume Five	Kazu Kibuishi	An anthology of short stories, by a variety of international artists.	OL18883943W
Darkwing	Kenneth Oppel,Keith Thompson	As the sun sets on the time of the dinosaurs, a new world is left in its wake. . . . DuskHe alone can fly and see in the dark, in a colony where being different means being shunned — or worse. As the…	OL19337W
Max and Bird	Ed Vere	Max, a kitten, and Bird, a very young bird, want to be friends but Max also wants to eat Bird, so they strike a deal.	OL19665981W
See Pip flap	David Milgrim	See Tweet fly. Fly, Tweet, fly. Pip wants to fly too flap, flap, flap! Can Otto help Pip find a way to soar in the sky?	OL19749788W
The girl who could fly	Victoria Forester	When homeschooled farm girl Piper McCloud reveals her ability to fly, she is quickly taken to a secret government facility to be trained with other exceptional children, but she soon realizes that so…	OL19957728W
Secret Smithsonian adventures	Chris Kientz	Schoolmates Dominique, Eric, Josephine, and Ajay are excited about a field trip to the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. When they get there, however, they find a very different museum tha…	OL20028219W
Air & flying	David Evans,Claudette Williams	Includes activities that explore the properties of air, such as how it feels, how it moves, and how it keeps things airborne.	OL20536054W
The strange and diverting story of the loblolly boy	James Norcliffe	The loblolly boy - a magical, Peter Pan-like creature - has the gift of flight, is invisible to most people, and has the power to exchange identities with anyone willing to do so. When the loblolly b…	OL20905051W