Wings : birds, bees, biplanes, and other things with wings / words by Tracey Turner ; art by Fatti Burke.
Material type:![Text](/opac-tmpl/lib/famfamfam/BK.png)
- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780753475539
- 0753475537
- Birds, bees, biplanes, and other things with wings
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 629.13 T953 | Available | 33111010639256 | ||||
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 629.13 T953 | Available | 33111010762561 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Wings takes readers on a fact-packed flight over a fascinating subject.
Written by Tracey Turner, it offers a bird's-eye view of the first airplanes, the fastest jet planes, beetles, birds, winged horses, flying dragons--even winged unicorns. There's fun, easy-to-read information on wings of all kinds, including plenty of STEM material, presented in a mixture of text and speech bubbles that's perfect for readers aged 7 plus.
With Fatti Burke's stylish and colorful illustrations, Wings is a wonderful journey of discovery.
Includes index.
"A Raspberry book." -- Title page verso.
Flying insects -- Butterflies -- Flying reptiles -- The first birds -- Lots of birds -- Bats -- Magical wings -- The flight of Icarus -- People take off! -- Gliders -- Flying machines -- From biplanes to supersonic planes -- Planes of the future -- Helicopters -- Wings in space -- Wings that don't fly -- Flying without wings -- Wandering albatross wings -- All sorts of birds.
"Wings takes readers on a fact-packed flight over a fascinating subject. Written by Tracey Turner, it offers a bird's-eye view of the first airplanes, the fastest jet planes, beetles, birds, winged horses, flying dragons--even winged unicorns. There's fun, easy-to-read information on wings of all kinds, including plenty of STEM material, presented in a mixture of text and speech bubbles that's perfect for readers aged 7 plus. With Fatti Burke's stylish and colorful illustrations, Wings is a wonderful journey of discovery."--Amazon.