Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Wright brothers The Wright brothers Lewis Helfand In graphic novel format recounts the lives of Wilbur and Orville Wright, and describes how their interest in doing things for themselves and their persistence led them to build the first working airp… OL16443778W
Before the Wright brothers Before the Wright brothers Don Berliner Describes the ideas and experiments that lead to the first powered flight by the 1903 "Wright Flyer." OL2160701W
To Fly To Fly Wendie C. Old Traces the work that the two Wright brothers did together to develop the first machine-powered aircraft. OL2639043W
The Wright brothers The Wright brothers Margaret Hudson A simple introduction to the lives and work of the two brothers who invented the first engine-driven flying machine. OL2753002W
First Flight First Flight George Shea,George Shea A twelve-year-old boy named Tom Tate meets Orville and Wilbur Wright and witnesses the invention of the airplane in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903. OL2918836W
Wilbur and Orville Wright, boys with wings Wilbur and Orville Wright, boys with wings Augusta Stevenson The boyhood of the brothers who flew the first airplane in 1903. OL2957125W
Countdown to Flight! Countdown to Flight! Steve Englehart A brief history of early aeronautics with a detailed account of the events leading up to the historic flight of the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk, N.C., in 1903. OL3460719W
My Brothers' Flying Machine My Brothers' Flying Machine Jane Yolen In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers' flight, this story is told from the point of view of their sister, Katherine, who watched her brothers play with a toy flying machine, … OL441236W
The Wright brothers The Wright brothers Ruth Franchere An easy-to-read biography of the two brothers who built and flew the first powered airplane in 1903. OL6581266W