The Story of Flying

Informationen zum Autor Lesley dreamed of being a writer, but studied law as her mother insisted she had "something to fall back on". Since joining Usborne Publishing, she has written and edited hundreds of books, from funny rhyming stories to an award-winning history book. Nowadays, she is often found recording books, too, in Usborne's very own recording studio. Klappentext The history of man-made flight for children growing in reading confidence. From Da Vinci to the Wright Brothers, find out how people dreamed of taking to the sky in complex "flying machines", before inventions such as hot-air balloons, airships, helicopters and of course aeroplanes made it all possible. Zusammenfassung The history of man-made flight for children growing in reading confidence. From Da Vinci to the Wright Brothers! find out how people dreamed of taking to the sky in complex "flying machines"! before inventions such as hot-air balloons! airships! helicopters and of course aeroplanes made it all possible.

Product details

• Authors: SIMS, Lesley Sims, Sims Lesley, X X
• Assisted by: Stephen Cartwright (Illustration), Cartwright Stephen (Illustration), Stephen Cartwright (Illustration)
• Publisher: Usborne Publishing
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 6 to 9
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 18.12.2007
• EAN: 9780746080689
• ISBN: 978-0-7460-8068-9
• No. of pages: 64
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 202 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Young Readers; Young Reading; Young Reading Series Two; Young Reading; Young Reading Series 2; 3.2 Young Reading Series Two (Blue)
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; JUVENILE FICTION / Fairy Tales & Folklore / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Legends, Myths, Fables / General, Traditional stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories, Interest age: from c 5 years