
The Wright Brothers: Nose-Diving Into History (Epic Fails #1)
A hilarious nonfiction look at two of history's most epic "failures": the Wright brothers, whose countless crashes ultimately led to groundbreaking success.Although Orville and Wilbur Wright are celebrated today as heroes for their revolutionary contributions to science and engineering―they are acknowledged as the first men to successfully achieve powered, piloted flight―their success was hard-ear...
Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Grade Level: 3 - 7
Lexile Measure: 1190
Series: Epic Fails (Book 1)
Hardcover: 128 pages
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press (July 10, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1250150558
ISBN-13: 978-1250150554
Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.6 x 7.9 inches
Amazon Rank: 863332
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“This awesome ‘history’ book is perfectly explained and illustrated for younger audiences as well as we adults ...My son-in-law is an elementary school teacher and is thrilled with them.One of my good friends is an elementary librarian and the book(s)...”
ed. (Spoiler alert: there were a lot of nosedives involved.) In fact, it took the self-taught engineers years of work and dozens of crashes before they managed a single twelve-second flight!In this first installment of the brand new Epic Fails series, Ben Thompson and Erik Slader take readers through the Wright brothers' many mishaps and misadventures as they paved the way for modern aviation.The Epic Fails series takes a humorous and unexpected view of history, exploring the surprising stories behind a variety of groundbreaking discoveries, voyages, experiments, and innovations, illustrating how many of mankind's biggest successes are in fact the result of some pretty epic failures.This title has Common Core connections.
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