Flight |
Publication Information
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Author: Burleigh, Robert |
Illustrator: Wimmer, Mike |
Title: Flight |
Date: 1991 |
Publisher: Philomel Books |
City: New York, NY |
ISBN, paperback: 0-399-22272-3 |
ISBN, hardback: |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
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Family:
Yes |
Young Adult:
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Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
biography and autobiography
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HSE Descriptor(s):
social studies
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Summary: |
This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of Lindbergh's daring flight over the Atlantic in 1927. It opens with a brief historical note by author Jean Fritz. |
Teaching Ideas: |
This book fits well in a unit with View from the Air (by Lindbergh's daughter), Provensen's Glorious Flight, Moser's Fly!, Jefferis' Flight (a Timelines book), and Freedman's The Wright Brothers. Some teachers may choose to use the book in a science or math and geography unit, while others may focus on biography and U.S. history. Teachers may want to ask students how the author so adeptly manages to create suspense when we know the outcome. Students may want to follow this reading by researching later events in Lindbergh's life or by reading newspaper or magazine accounts of Lindbergh's flight.
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