Amazing Airplanes (Amazing Machines)
by Tony Mitton
from Kingfisher
Planes Board Book (Byron Board Books)
from HarperFestival
Children explore the many ways we use airplanes, from seaplanes to crop dusters to planes that write messages in the sky. This very simple picture book about transportation 'will delight the youngest, and have enough meat for older preschoolers and beginning readers.' -- K.
Airport
from HarperTrophy
From the excitement of arrival to the wonder of taking off -- a picture book that captures in joyous and powerful images all the magic of an airport.
DK Big Book of Airplanes
by Anne Millard
from DK CHILDREN
Imaginations will soar! From the fastest--and noisiest--passenger plane in the world, to downright strange aircraft, here is a spectacular look at a subject of endless fascination to children. Marvel at one of the first planes to blast into space! Learn about a plane that can land on water. And take a close look at the fastest of all jet planes, the Blackbird. Striking photographs are supported by lively and informative text that gives children a fuller understanding of these amazing machines.
Who Was Amelia Earhart? (Who Was...?)
by Kate Boehm Jerome
from Grosset & Dunlap
Amelia Earhart was a woman of many "firsts." In 1932, she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. In 1935, she also became the first woman to fly across the Pacific. From her early years to her mysterious 1937 disappearance while attempting a flight around the world, readers will find Amelia Earhart's life a fascinating story.
The Flying Hockey Stick
by Roger Bradfield
from Purple House Press
Wilbur and Orville Wright: Young Fliers (Childhood of Famous Americans Series.)
by Augusta Stevenson
from Aladdin
Presents the boyhood of the brothers who flew the first airplane in 1903.
Draw 50 Airplanes, Aircrafts, and Spacecraft: The Step-by-Step Way to Draw World War II Fighter Planes, Modern Jets, Space Capsules, and Much More... (Zephyr Book)
by Lee J. Ames
from Broadway
World War I bombers, rocket launchers and all  types of flying machines are represented here in  step-by-step drawings.
An American Bookseller Pick of  the Lists.
The Wright Brothers (Landmark Books)
by Quentin Reynolds
from Random House Books for Young Readers
Young Orville and Wilbur Wright loved building things. From the fastest sled in town to the highest-flying kite, the Wright brothers’ creations were always a step ahead of everyone else’s. They grew up learning all about mechanics from fixing bicycles and studied math and physics. On December 17, 1903, Orville took off in the world’s first flying machine! The Wright airplane is one of the most amazing–and life-changing–
Amelia Earhart (DK Biography)
by Tanya Stone
from DK CHILDREN
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