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First to Fly: How Wilbur and Orville Wright…
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First to Fly: How Wilbur and Orville Wright Invented the Airplane (edition 2003)

by David Craig (Author), Peter Busby (Illustrator)

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From the ground to the sky. Two brothers who's curiosity led them to reach the sky. Both brothers innovative, by starting many companies, from a printing shop to a cycle shop. They lived a fair life but struggled, loosing their mother to tuberculoses as well as Wilbur loosing his front teeth in a freak accident. Due to the accident Wilbur dropped out off school and stayed home helping his family. None the less his curiosity always pushed him to greater things. Both brothers Persevered through when the rest of the world was fighting illness that manly left them for dead. The brothers were brave and lucky to have survived these hard times that later lead to their discovery in flying. Its an amazing book on how one toy inspired these men to do the impossible: Fly. This book encourage children to think outside the box as well as to never give up their dreams no matter what. ( )
  Rvalencia | Jan 25, 2018 |
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It is a picture book, but the text ans illustrations are meant to be read by older children and tweens. Excellent glimpse into the development of the airplane, but the writing is a bit dry. What makes this book interesting are the illustrations, period photos and explanatory diagrams. ( )
  mslibrarynerd | Jan 13, 2024 |
First to Fly encompasses the lives of Wilbur and Orville Wright and how they invented the Airplane. In the book we learn about their business endeavors and the struggles they faced throughout their lives. The audience sees two innovative brothers face challenges and and failure until they finally got their airplane to fly. The lesson I learned is that failure is okay, it can only make the final outcome stronger. ( )
  leahspurgeon | Feb 11, 2020 |
This book follows the ups and downs of the inventions of the Orville brothers. It gives background knowledge of their family life and learn how the boys dropped out of school to take care of their sick mother. They failed countless times trying to invent the airplane, but never once did they give up! This book is fascinating because it shows real life stills of their lives. I compared this book to "To Fly". ( )
  tmahlie | Feb 3, 2018 |
From the ground to the sky. Two brothers who's curiosity led them to reach the sky. Both brothers innovative, by starting many companies, from a printing shop to a cycle shop. They lived a fair life but struggled, loosing their mother to tuberculoses as well as Wilbur loosing his front teeth in a freak accident. Due to the accident Wilbur dropped out off school and stayed home helping his family. None the less his curiosity always pushed him to greater things. Both brothers Persevered through when the rest of the world was fighting illness that manly left them for dead. The brothers were brave and lucky to have survived these hard times that later lead to their discovery in flying. Its an amazing book on how one toy inspired these men to do the impossible: Fly. This book encourage children to think outside the box as well as to never give up their dreams no matter what. ( )
  Rvalencia | Jan 25, 2018 |
I liked this book for multiple reasons. First, the book really develops the characters of Orville and Wilbur Wright. The book begins with a back ground story of the Wright family and how the brothers got into the business of creating a plane. It talks about how both brothers were printers, then created bicycles, dropped out of school, and soon became interested in creating their very own flying machine. Second, I liked the illustrations in the book, they really fit with the mood and time period that the book took place in. For example, there were actual old photographs of the Wright brothers and their family. There was also many actual pictures of multiple plane models that they created. Lastly, I liked the book because the plot flowed nicely at a steady pace. The book started with a background of the Wright brothers and their family, then discussed how the brothers started building planes, and finished with how they actually got a plane to fly. The big idea of this story is to not give up. The brothers failed a countless number of times but they persevered through many obstacles and reached their goals. I think it's important that children learn that failure is okay, and that reaching a goal can take a long time and giving up isn't the answer. ( )
  Erica_Dickey | Sep 17, 2016 |
This book is informational, biographic, and Historic Realism combined. Wilbur and Orville Wright started their journey with a toy helicopter. Neither of the two finished school. As adults, the brothers worked together. They owned a bicycle shop and eventually built printing presses, bicycles, planes. They are most famous for building a plane that would change the world forever. This book has remarkable original paintings, period photographs, and detailed diagrams. The book adds some information from other important people mentioned in the book.
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This is a great book. I enjoyed it. The pictures are amazing. I was astonished at how good they were. I am thankful that we have these pictures to understand how it was in history and are able to see what these brothers actually looked like.
Classroom Extensions
1. Using the same things the Wright brothers used; Sticks, wings and rubber bands, make an airplane.
2. Have a contest to see which plane flies the best.
3. With permission, take students on a tour to see an airplane at a small airport or watch a video of the Wright Brothers. ( )
  Rayma_Powers | Jul 18, 2015 |
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I liked how the fly leaves were red with lighter red biplanes ghosted into it like wall paper to match the theme of the book. I liked how the historical pictures were in black and white and they contrasted with the painted illustrations of the town, which were in bright color that illustrated happiness all the way down to the little white dog with is tongue hanging out. All of the painted illustrations throughout the book were true artwork that practically jumps of the page. This really added a whole new aspect to the book. I liked how there were pictures overlaying other pictures and framed snippets of text that described things like the bicycle craze and The Flying Man. I liked how one of the framed excerpts was about describing how Wing-Warping Works. These little excerpts showed the progression other people’s ideas that the Wright Brothers used to spark their own inventions. At the very end of the book was a list of important dates, glossary, bibliography, picture credits and an index making this a multi-use text. The theme of the book was a biography of the Wright brothers that tells the reader how the Wright Brothers came up with the invention of the Airplane. ( )
  Madams21 | Apr 14, 2014 |
This was a great book to really engage children in the amazing feat that these men accomplished. The book had wonderful pictures, illustrations and photographs, to go along with the whole story. I really enjoyed learning more about Wilbur and Orville Wright. This book showed me that you can do anything that you put your mind to, and I believe that same message could be interpreted by the students of one of my future classes. ( )
  LauraMcQueen | Jan 22, 2013 |
I've always been interested in the science of flight and airplanes so needless to say I really enjoyed this book. The book has so much information about the Wright brothers and how they achieved their first flight. Its also filled with diagrams, real-life pictures, and painted illustrations. This book would be great for a thematic study on social studies or biographies. ( )
  akrause | Nov 26, 2012 |
Wilbur and Orville Wright are the brothers who invented the airplane. This book is about their lives beginning at a young. From a very young age both were interested in flying and airplanes. However, the Wright brothers lives were not always consumed with airplanes. They owned a bicycle shop and eventually began making their own model of bicycles. Eventually they made their own airplane but unfortunately it did not work very well. They finally got the plane off of the ground but not very high or very far. They continued to study and work on building airplanes and in 1905, Wilbur made the longest flight of 24 miles and staying in the air for 38 minutes. This book would be good to share bits and pieces at a time to students. It is a bit lengthy to read to children all at once, however it does have a large amount of information. ( )
  taramankin | Apr 20, 2012 |
Loved the actual historicla pictures and the fact that the book showsWright brothers didn't just build a plane and fly as most schools make it sound. This books shows kids that you can succeed if you keep trying. ( )
  waynedowns | Jan 25, 2012 |
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