The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane

Ok, it must be worthy of its Newbery Honor designation. Otherwise, why would I read every word in just one afternoon, when I have piles of other books waiting for me from the same library haul? I don't even have an interest in aviation or things mechanical!

I love that this is both about the inspirational, hard-working young men (and their mother, the mechanically-inclined tinkerer, younger sister, the college graduate, and the rest of the family), and about the technical challenges & accomplishments. A youngster reading this, who is interested in aviation, would likely be thrilled. The photos and backmatter make it worthy of being kept in libraries even if the community's kids aren't currently interested.

A Newbery Honor-winning biography of the men whose experiments brought about the Age of Flight.
This engaging narrative account of Orville and Wilbur Wright, two men with little formal schooling but a knack for solving problems, follows their interest from a young age in the developing field of aeronautics. Russell Freedman’s writing brings the brothers’ personalities to life, enhancing the record of events with excerpts from the brothers’ writing and correspondence, and accounts of those who knew them.
Chronicling their lives from their early mechanical work on toys and bicycles through the development of several flyers, The Wright Brothers follows the siblings through their achievements—not only the first powered, sustained, show more controlled airplane flight, but the numerous improvements and enhancements that followed, their revolutionary airplane business, and the long legacy of that first brief flight.
Illustrated with numerous historical photographs—many taken by the Wright brothers themselves—this is a concise, extremely reader-friendly introduction to these important American inventors.
Includes a note on the Wright brothers’ photographs, as well as recommendation for further reading and learning. show less

This is a well written description of how the Wright brothers approached and solved the problems that anyone wishing to achieve powered flight had to solve. Because they were first bicycle builders their approach was a different one from the ways other inventors were proceeding. Lots of detail and great photos make this a book interesting to both young readers and adults.

Tricia

A good way to get kids uninterested in an interesting subject. I mean, honestly, how can a book about the invention of the airplane be this dull? Yoicks.

Fantastic biography, well written, large photographs, and good documentation.

This is a wonderful information book about the Wright Brothers and how they invented the airplane. It has wonderful pictures about the process of the airplane they made and flew. It also has pictures of the Wright Brothers.

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