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1) The Wright brothers

Author

McCullough, David G

Series

Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction

Language

English

Appears on list

NYT - Expeditions

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, CD, Large Print

Description

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On a winter day in 1903, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, two unknown brothers from Ohio changed history. But it would take the world some time to believe what had happened: the age of flight had begun, with the first heavier-than-air, powered machine carrying a pilot. Who were these men and how was it that they achieved what they did? Far more than a couple of unschooled Dayton bicycle mechanics who happened to hit on success, they were men...

2) Who were the Wright Brothers?

Author

Buckley, James

Series

Who was-- ?
Who were ...?
Who was ?
Who Was?

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

890L

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

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Presents the lives and accomplishments of the Wright brothers, high school dropouts from Dayton, Ohio, who started out repairing bicycles and went on to build and fly the first successful airplane.

3) The Wright brothers: how they invented the airplane

Author

Freedman, Russell

Series

Brillance Audio on compact disc

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 4

Lexile measure

1160L

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD

Description

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Follows the lives of the Wright brothers and describes how they developed the first airplane.

4) Wilbur and Orville: a biography of the Wright brothers

Author

Howard, Fred

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook

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A biography of two bicycle mechanics from Ohio who stunned the world by inventing powered flight.

5) Birdmen: the Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the battle to control the skies

Author

Goldstone, Lawrence

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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Explores the life-risking rivalry between the Wright Brothers and machinist Glenn Hammond Curtiss, assessing how their patent war shaped early aviation and ultimately cost one of the men his life.

6) The Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk

Author

Sobol, Donald J

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3

Lexile measure

640L

Language

English

Description

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A biography of Orville and Wilbur Wright, highlighting the early years up to the first flight at Kitty Hawk.

7) The Wright Brothers for kids: how they invented the airplane : 21 activities exploring the science and history of flight

Author

Carson, Mary Kay

Series

For Kids

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 7

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

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An activity book tells the amazing true story of how two bicycle-making brothers from Ohio, with no more than high-school educations, accomplished a feat on the beaches of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, that forever changed the world.

8) First flight : the story of Tom Tate and the Wright brothers

Author

Shea, George

Series

I can read Chapter book

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

460L

Language

English

Formats

Book, Large Print

Description

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A twelve-year-old boy named Tom Tate meets Orville and Wilbur Wright and witnesses the invention of the airplane in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903.

9) The Wright brothers: a biography

Author

Kelly, Fred C

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

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Written by an old friend of the Wright Brothers, this authorized account has long been considered the definitive biography. Well documented and free of extraneous technical details, it offers engaging tales of boyhood interests, gliding at Kitty Hawk, the first powered flights, and Wilbur's efforts to revolutionize European aviation. 16 photographs.

10) To fly : the story of the Wright brothers

Author

Old, Wendie C

Pub. Date

[2002]

Lexile measure

870L

Language

English

Description

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Traces the work that the two Wright brothers did together to develop the first machine-powered aircraft.

11) The Bishop's boys: a life of Wilbur and Orville Wright

Author

Crouch, Tom D

Pub. Date

[1989]

Language

English

Description

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An account of how the two inventors were guided by their father, the years leading to the triumph of practical flight, and the death of Orville in 1948.

12) Taking flight: the story of the Wright brothers

Author

Krensky, Stephen

Series

Ready-to-read. Level 3

Pub. Date

2000.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

840L

Language

English

Description

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This book describes how the Wright Brothers came to build and fly the first powered aircraft.

13) The Wright sister: a novel

Author

Dann, Patty

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook

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"On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright flew the world's first airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, establishing the Wright Brothers as world-renowned pioneers of flight. Known to far fewer people was their whip-smart and well-educated sister Katharine, a suffragette and early feminist. After Wilbur passed away, Katharine lived with and took care of her increasingly reclusive brother Orville, who often turned to his more confident and...

14) Airborne: a photobiography of Wilbur and Orville Wright

Author

Collins, Mary

Pub. Date

2003.

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 2

Language

English

Description

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Examines the lives of the Wright brothers and discusses their experiments and triumphs in the field of flight.

15) The Wright Brothers, pioneers of American aviation

Author

Reynolds, Quentin James

Series

Landmark books volume 4

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4

Lexile measure

720L

Language

English

Description

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A biography of the two brothers from Dayton, Ohio, who built and flew the first airplane.

16) The Wright brothers: nose-diving into history

Author

Slader, Erik

Series

Epic fails

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 2

Lexile measure

1190L

Language

English

Formats

Book, CD

Description

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Today Orville and Wilbur Wright are celebrated as heroes for their revolutionary contributions to science and engineering. They are acknowledged as the first men to successfully achieve powered, piloted flight. But their road to success was far from smooth. The Wright brothers encountered plenty of bumps, bruises, and mechanical failures along the way! In this installment of the brand new Epic Fails series, Ben Thompson and Erik Slader take readers...

17) My brothers' flying machine: Wilbur, Orville, and me

Author

Yolen, Jane

Pub. Date

[2003]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Provides a look at the lives of Orville and Wilbur Wright, as seen through the eyes of their younger sister, Katharine, who provided support and encouragement while they worked on their many inventions.

18) Wilbur and Orville Wright, boys with wings

Author

Stevenson, Augusta

Series

Childhood of famous Americans

Language

English

Description

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"The author show how the famous brothers first became interested in flight and how their mechanical ingenuity made the airplane possible." McClurg. Book news.