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Soar, Elinor by Tami Lewis Brown, illustrated by Francois Roca. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.
Coming this October!
Pioneering aviator, Elinor Smith, took her first airplane ride at the age of six. By ten she was taking lessons and at fifteen flew her first solo. A daredevil and a record-breaker, Elinor Smith soared.
The Woman Pilot Magazine features an article with photographs about the amazing Smith.
Sky Pioneer: A Photobiography of Amelia Earhart by Corinne Szabo (National Geographic Children’s Books, reprint, 2007)
What happened to Earhart and her plane? Though the answer remains a mystery, this book takes readers on a journey of what is known about her.
Tour the Official Site of Amelia Earhart to learn more about her life, achievements and disappearance.
The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot July 25, 1909 by Alice and Martin Provensen (Viking Juvenile, 1983)
This Caldecott Medal Winner takes readers on the glorious journey of the man who flew across the English Channel first.
A photo and information about Bleriot, are on the U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission site.
Into the Air: The Story of the Wright Brothers by Robert Burleigh, illustrated by Bill Wylie (Silver Whistle Paperbacks, 2002)
Using comic-book style art, this book takes readers on a journey of the two brothers who were determined to fly.
NASA’s biography of Wilbur Wright has links to the invention process, researched flight, tested theories and other associated ideas.
Katherine Stinson Otero, High Flyer by Neila Skinner Petrick, illustrated by Daggi Wallace (Pelican, 2006)
High flyer, indeed. Stinson was the fourth woman in the U.S. to earn a pilot’s license and performed throughout the world. But when she was denied permission to fly for the armed services in WWI, she raised money for the effort by flying in exhibitions.
The U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission posts a bio of Stinson on their site.
