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Language
English
Description
Washington Black is an eleven-year-old field slave who knows no other life than the Barbados sugar plantation where he was born. When his master's eccentric brother chooses him to be his manservant, Wash is terrified of the cruelties he is certain await him. But Christopher Wilde, or "Titch," is a naturalist, explorer, scientist, inventor, and abolitionist. He initiates Wash into a world where a flying machine can carry a man across the sky; where...
2) Airman
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
In the late nineteenth century, when Conor Broekhart discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the king, he is branded a traitor, imprisoned, and forced to mine for diamonds under brutal conditions while he plans a daring escape from Little Saltee prison by way of a flying machine that he must design, build, and, hardest of all, trust to carry him to safety
4) Aircraft
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Answers questions like: How do planes work? Can a plane fly around the world without stopping? What might future aircraft look like?
Author
Series
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"Shows readers how to turn rubber bands, paper clips, straws, plastic bottles, and index cards into amazing, gravity-defying flyers. Each project contains a material list and detailed step-by-step instructions with photos. Mercer also includes explanations of the science behind each flyer, including concepts such as lift, thrust, and drag, the Bernoulli effect, and more"--
Author
Publisher
Hungry Tomato
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Whimsical stick figure guides take readers on a tour of the various ways to fly and how aircraft works in this playful yet extremely informative guide to high-tech machines"--Provided by publisher.
10) Flight
Series
Publisher
BBC Worldwide Americas
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Combines the story of manned flight with a celebration of nature's great fliers, from birds to insects. Discover how human designers borrowed ideas from nature to build the planes and jets of today
Author
Series
Eyewitness juniors volume 18
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Text and photographs present flying machines throughout history, including hot-air balloons, helicopters, and the space shuttle.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Rhyming text and bright color photographs introduce preschoolers to many kinds of machines that fly. On each spread, a repeating verse is designed to encourage recitation and prediction, while a concluding line names the featured flying machine and introduces a preposition ("The water bomber swoops through the smoke.") A closing spread provides enrichment activities to further a child's engagement with the book and with language skills."--
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
In a lively discussion with Lord Kelvin, inventor Phileas Fogg states his belief that it's possible for someone to travel around the globe in a mere 80 days. Kelvin challenges him to prove it, and adds a wager: if Fogg can't circumnavigate the globe in 80 days, he'll have to give up inventing forever. Fogg and his crew of two take the challenge. They travel by train, boat, balloon, horseback, or any other means at their disposal. However, Fogg and...
17) Giant vehicles
Author
Publisher
Templar Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
See inside some of the world's most enormous vehicles in this amazing lift-the-flap book. Discover eight monster machines, and find out about motors, periscopes, rocket engines, and giant propellers in this fact-packed guide.
18) Project F
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"WELCOME TO THE FUTURE. There are no cars, planes, television, or smart phones. Climate change wreaked havoc on Earth hundreds of years ago, and now people live a simpler life. Then thirteen-year-old Keith uncovers a secret. It's a mysterious mission known only as Project F. It's advanced, it's scientific, and it's going to change the world. It's exactly the kind of adventure Keith has always longed to be a part of. And what is adventure without a...
Author
Series
Publisher
Usborne
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
With big fold-out pages of bright illustrations, this book presents information on some of the biggest and most powerful machines ever made--from a bucket wheel excavator to a container ship with stacks of containers of international goods.
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