Touching the Sky: The Flying Adventures of Wilbur and Orville Wright

by Trish Marx and Louise Borden

Book Overview

On December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers took their historic first flight, and by 1909 the brothers were full-fledged celebrities. In September of that year, Wilbur and Orville finally showed the world, firsthand, just what they had achieved. In the United States, Wilbur delighted the crowd with spectacular flying demonstrations in New York City during the city's Hudson-Fulton Celebration. He flew over the harbor, glided past tall buildings, looped...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689848765
• ISBN13: 9780689848766
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Wilbur and Orville Wright usher in the age of aviation

If you have no other children's book on the Wright Brothers, this is one to have. The poem in the beginning is a comprehensive study on the Wrights. The book is carefully researched and accurately showed the accomplishments of Wilbur and Orville Wright during that first decade of aviation. Though a picture book, it will appeal to all ages and will be a keeper