Wind Flyers

I liked this book for several reasons. I feel this way mainly because of the characters, as well as how the story pushes readers to think about how far equality has come. Readers are introduced to a little boy, telling the story of his great uncle, who was a Tuskegee wind flyer. Throughout the book, the little boy explains the love his uncle had for flying, and how his flying skills were so honorable. The character of the little boy and uncle are very believable, in that many children look up to and aspire to be like a certain elder in their lives. The bond the two characters share with one another is evident, and is very well developed throughout. Towards the end of the book, the uncle shares truths with the little boy about how show more colored people were first not accepted to be airmen, in his time. From that statement, readers are pushed to think about the injustices that occurred in previous years. The story comes full circle, when in fact the little boy’s uncle is granted permission to fly, and becomes a Tuskegee Airman. Readers will quickly learn that injustices were resolved over periods of time. The main idea of this story is to inform readers about the Tuskegee Airman. show less

The story is told by the nephew of an African American man who desired to fly his whole life. His uncle became a Tuskegee airmen in World War II. He was a heroic man, who later began crop dusting again, it was not the same as being in the all-black airforce group of the 332nd. He still loved to fly and took his nephew up in a plane at the end. The character of the nephew is rather flat, the uncle in the story is dynamic.

Great uncle tells his story and dreams of flying. The little boy is inspired by his love of the wind and loves flying with his uncle while hearing war stories. The wind was magical to them and it was a bond between them. This book shares discrimination of race during the war and informs of Tuskegee airmen's contributions and bravery toward war efforts. The setting of wartime and how they never lost anyone puts empathy on readers to understands the dangers of helping this way. Pictures in this book emphasized feelings and took you into the book and were perfect to show meaning for all age students.

Three-time Coretta Scott King Award winner Angela Johnson and illustrator Loren Long have put together a masterful story depicting the contributions of Tuskegee Airmen.
A young African American boy tells the story of his great-great-uncle who took his love of flying from jumping off the chicken coop to smooth flying in the sky. Wind Flyers is the perfect book to educate young people about these heroes of World War II. This book gives a small glimpse into the role the brave heroes played in our country’s history.

This book is so beautiful - the illustrations and the message! It's a great introduction to children about the Tuskegee Airmen and their contribution. This book is a great conversation starter with kids about equality.

This book is about a young boys' uncle and his dream of flying. His uncle had always wanted to fly a plane since he was five years old. The young boys uncle became a Tuskegee Airman when he was older. Since he was African American, not many squadrons wanted him and his friends. As time went by he had finally become a wind flyer. A Tuskegee wind flyer. The young boy's uncle tells about all the adventures he had flying as a wind flyer. Sometimes his uncle would take him flying. They would call the winds magical because it was their time together as the young boy got to see his uncle live out his dream.

A boy’s love for flying takes him from the dirt roads of Alabama to the war skies of Europe during the time of World War II. Since he was a boy all he wanted was to be a wind flyer. He would jump off of barns and even paid seventy-five cents to go up in a barnstormer plane. When he came down he was sad because he felt the wind and knew he always wanted to be connected with that feeling. The Air force came looking for flyer, and at first they did not want squadrons of his mahogany skin color but eventually he became the 332nd Tuskegee Airman. After the war he never wanted to come back down from the sky. He began crop dusting since that was the only way he could still fly and feel the wind. He knew things were changing with faster, show more bigger planes and more of them but the ski still felt the same to him. show less