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3) Pilots
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Prepare for takeoff! Being a pilot means having to stay calm under pressure and make critical decisions thousands of feet above the ground. Filled with engaging text and colorful pictures, this title takes children behind the scenes of air travel to learn about the people in control. Additional features include a table of contents, informational captions and sidebars, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, an index, a Think-About-It section,...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The book follows Amelia Earhart, whose strong will and self-belief helped her overcome prejudice and technical problems to become the first female flier to fly solo across the Atlantic ocean. This inspiring and informative little biography comes with extra facts about Amelia's life at the back.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
480L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"At the mountain's base sits a cabin under an old hickory tree. And in that cabin lives a family -- loving, weaving, cooking, and singing. The strength in their song sustains them through trials on the ground and in the sky, as they wait for their loved one, a pilot, to return from war"--Amazon.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Long before Amelia Earhart became a superstar, she was a girl who longed to touch the stars. But the dresses women had to wear at the time made those dreams seem almost impossible. Amelia didn't let that stop her. As a young aviator breaking records and expectations, she learned to fly her plane with flair. Later, she dared to create a trendsetting fashion line for active women like herself. Soaring in Style tells the groundbreaking story of how...
12) Fly
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
480L
Language
English
Description
"Get ready to take off in an airplane! Ground crew, flight attendants, pilots, and tower control are all here to help you journey across the sky"--
16) Captain Sky Blue
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Separated from his favorite toy pilot action figure, young Jack envisions his lost friend's brave journey back home across the ocean, in a story complemented by a glossary of pilot terms.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Dorothy Lucas yearned to discover all that she was capable of. After the devastating news of Pearl Harbor, her brothers joined the World War II war effort, but Dorothy wanted to do her part, too. So, she enlisted to serve as a Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP). After hours of flight school and roaring engines, Dorothy and her fellow WASPs risked their lives towing targets in the air for the male fighter pilots in training. Through many mechanical...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A picture book biography about Nancy Harkness Love, the first female to serve for the Army Air Force and instrumental in founding the Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASPS) in World War II. Perfect for readers of Fly Girl, Fly!: Shaesta Waiz Soars Around the World, Herstory or Fearless Flyer: Ruth Law and Her Flying Machine"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Emma Lilian Todd's mind was always soaring--she loved to solve problems. Lilian tinkered and fiddled with all sorts of objects, turning dreams into useful inventions. As a child, she took apart and reassembled clocks to figure out how they worked. As an adult, typing up patents at the U.S. Patent Office, Lilian built the inventions in her mind, including many designs for flying machines. However, they all seemed too impractical. Lilian knew she could...
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