Tiny jumper : how Tiny Broadwick created the parachute rip cord /
Dahl, Candy,
Tiny jumper : how Tiny Broadwick created the parachute rip cord / by Candy Dahl ; illustrated by Maithili Joshi. - First edition. - 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Tiny Broadwick, a teeny, uneducated mill girl, had big dreams of soaring above the earth, out of poverty, and above expectations. She became the first woman to parachute from an airplane, and her idea for the rip cord paved the way for pilots to safely escape in-flight emergencies. This thrilling biography shows how Tiny's determination, courage, adventurousness, and joy lifted her up to stand tall as a pioneer in flight.
Ages 4-8.
9781499813944 1499813945
Brown, Georgia Thompson, 1893-1978 --Juvenile literature.
Parachutes--Juvenile literature.
Skydivers--Juvenile literature.
Women in aeronautics--Juvenile literature.
Aeronautics--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Picture books.
Tiny jumper : how Tiny Broadwick created the parachute rip cord / by Candy Dahl ; illustrated by Maithili Joshi. - First edition. - 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Tiny Broadwick, a teeny, uneducated mill girl, had big dreams of soaring above the earth, out of poverty, and above expectations. She became the first woman to parachute from an airplane, and her idea for the rip cord paved the way for pilots to safely escape in-flight emergencies. This thrilling biography shows how Tiny's determination, courage, adventurousness, and joy lifted her up to stand tall as a pioneer in flight.
Ages 4-8.
9781499813944 1499813945
Brown, Georgia Thompson, 1893-1978 --Juvenile literature.
Parachutes--Juvenile literature.
Skydivers--Juvenile literature.
Women in aeronautics--Juvenile literature.
Aeronautics--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Picture books.