Wings

Age Range: 3-Adult
Author: Patricia Lantier-Sampon
Illustrators: Timothy Spransy and Jeff Meyer

ISBN: 0-8368-0539-9 (and others)
Cost: $17.27/$12.95 each, 4 Titles: $69.08/$51.80

Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing
Phone:1-800-542-2595

Publisher's Description:

Wings introduces beginning readers to the basic principles of flight. They are specially designed to help children improve their reading skills while presenting subject matter of interest to every child. Each page features a brief amount of large format type written in an engaging rhyming style. Whole language theorists support the concept of rhyming text as an aid in developing basic literacy. Vivid illustrations using a rainbow of colors complement and expand information found in the text.

The exciting possibilities inherent in both natural and mechanical means of flight are accurately portrayed. Young readers will take delight in recognizing ideas about flight which humans have copied from nature.

Airplanes

Passenger planes, seaplanes, crop dusters, and space planes -- the thrills and chills of mechanical flight challenge young readers in lively verse and colorful detail. Marvelous airplanes of different shapes and sizes capture the heady excitement of man's first flights.

Birds

Woodpeckers, parrots, owls and eagles -- are just a few of the feathered marvels presented. Children will fall under the spell of these winged wonders. Placid, graceful, sometimes comical, the magic of flight is beautifully captured.

Flying Animals

The rarest form of animal flight is presented in ancient examples -- Pterosaurs -- and modern species like bats, flying squirrels and even frogs! Children will be surprised and fascinated by the remarkable and unexpected abilities of many animals.

Flying Insects

Earth teems with flying insects which look at first glance to all fly in the same way. But an astonishing variety of designs, shapes, and colors exists to give insects the power of flight. Learn the similarities and differences in Flying Insects.

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