Reason for Reading: Read aloud to the 10yo as part of our history
curriculum.
Wonderful brief biography of the Wright Brothers concentrating on
their invention of the airplane. Some time is spent on their
childhood, bicycle shop and printing days before they got serious
working on the gliders and flying machines. Written in an engaging
narrative text, the story is told over two page spreads which are
heavily illustrated with photos of the Wrights in action and of
contemporary items and places. Once the main block of text has been
read the captions to the illustrations further explain what has
been read in the section. My son loved this book, as he did the
previous book in the series we have read on Helen Keller and
Alexander Graham Bell. A lot of information is imparted in the
limited number of pages in an interesting voice and the
illustrations are enough to keep even the youngest listener
captive. Highly enjoyable.