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

First Flight: The Story of Tom Tate and the Wright Brothers

Shea, George

Children's Books

Harpercollins Childrens Books

Based on the true story of a boy who knew the Wright brothers and flew in their glider, a child's-eye account of the creation of the first airplane summarizes the historic events that took place at Kitty Hawk.

First Flight: The Story of Tom Tate and the Wright Brothers (I Can Read Chapter Books)

Biographies

Harpercollins

This Level Four I Can Read book is a perfect bridge to chapter books for elementary-grade kids—and it introduces the thrilling story of the Wright Brothers, flight pioneers.
When Tom Tate hears that Wilbur and Orville Wright are building a flying machine, he can't wait to try it. Tom's dad thinks it's dangerous. Some people think the Wrights are crazy. Can Tom help the brothers get their dream off the ground?
"Children will identify with the spirit of this boy who enthusiastically volunteered to try out the glider when there wasn't enough wind to lift the grown men," commented School Library Journal, which also praised the "carefully researched" illustrations.
First Flight helps build reading confidence and pleasure while engaging young readers with compelling historical fiction.

First Flight: The Story of Tom Tate and the Wright Brothers (I Can Read Level 4)

With two strikes against him, Al Sanchez may find that bad luck and a hot temper will keep him from making it to the major leagues

Strike Two (Sportellers Book)

Literature & Fiction

Childrens Pr

Illus. in full color. "A skydiving collision and rescue in midair; a girl snatched from the jaws of an alligator; a toddler saved after falling down an abandoned well: the three exciting true rescue stories in this title are told with realistic detail and suspense that will make kids read."--Booklist.  From the Trade Paperback edition.

Amazing Rescues (Step into Reading)

History

Demco Media

Strike Two

First Flight: The Story Of Tom Tate And The Wright Brothers (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (I Can Read Chapter Books)

Turtleback Books

Provides the reader with the starting lineup of the Steel City Blues and choices to make in managing the team, tied for first place with the Bay City Sharks, through the last game of the year.

Make the Play-Offs! Blues Vs.Sharks: Blues Vs. Sharks (Manage Your Own Baseball Team, #1)

Aladdin

Make It to the Superbowl (Coach Your Own Football Team, #1)

Pierre, a young French deaf-mute, risks his life to save a downed British pilot from the Nazi-German Occupation forces searching for him, in a true-life adventure set during World War II. Original.

The Silent Hero (Read It to Beleive It)

Random House Books for Young Readers

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