Kenney, Karen Latchana Who Invented the Airplane?: Wright
Brothers vs. Whitehead, 32 pages. NON-FICTION Lerner Publications, 2018. $28.
Content: G.
This book looks at the
beginnings of flight with the two major contributors being the Wright brothers
and Gustave Whitehead. One chapter is a
short biography on the Wright brothers, another chapter has Whiteheads story
and then at the end it explains why there was a question about who flew first.
At the back of the book it shows how they match up and a timeline. This book is a part of the series called Stem
Smackdown and shows how inventors tried to beat each other to the final
project.
I enjoyed all of the
information on the people as well as what adjustments were made to the
planes/gliders to help them succeed. The
pictures and captions also make it interesting and there is a lot of information
for such a short book. This book is available
in paperback for a much more affordable price.
EL – ADVISABLE; MS - OPTIONAL. Reviewer, C. Peterson.
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