Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic-dinosaurs, coral reefs, the solar system, volcanoes, bats, flying machines, and more. These gorgeously illustrated graphic novels offer wildly entertaining views of their subjects. Whether you're a fourth grader doing a natural science unit at school or a thirty-year-old with a secret passion for airplanes, these books are for you!
This volume: In FLYING MACHINES we follow the famous aviators from their bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio, to the fields of North Carolina where they planned to make their famous flights. Thanks to their carefully recorded experiments and a healthy dash of bravery, the Wright Brothers' flying machines took off, blazing a trail for the airplanes, jets, and helicopters that would follow.
Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic-dinosaurs, coral reefs, the solar system, volcanoes, bats, flying machines, and more. These gorgeously illustrated graphic novels offer wildly entertaining views of their subjects. Whether you're a fourth grader doing a natural science unit at school or a thirty-year-old with a secret passion for airplanes, these books are for you!
This volume: In FLYING MACHINES we follow the famous aviators from their bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio, to the fields of North Carolina where they planned to make their famous flights. Thanks to their carefully recorded experiments and a healthy dash of bravery, the Wright Brothers' flying machines took off, blazing a trail for the airplanes, jets, and helicopters that would follow.
The word is out about Science Comics, First Second's most anticipated new series! In this high-flying volume, we meet the Wright Brothers and learn about their amazing flying machines.
Alison Wilgus is a Brooklyn-based author of comics and prose. She
got her start as an animation writer on Codename: Kids Next Door,
and her work has since been published by Scholastic, Nickelodeon
Magazine, Del Rey, Dark Horse, and Tor.com, among others.
alisonwilgus.com
Molly Brooks grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, received her MFA in
illustration from the School of Visual Arts, and is currently based
in Brooklyn. Her illustrations have appeared in The Village Voice,
The Guardian, The Boston Globe, Time Out New York, The Toast, BUST
Magazine, Sports Illustrated online, and elsewhere. mollybrooks.com
Praise for the Science Comics series: "This series--written by a
handful of authors--seems determined to offer a useful introduction
to anything a curious grade-school student might wonder about. The
insight behind these books is a powerful one. So much information
about the world around us is actually better conveyed visually,
through charts, illustrations, and sequential panels, than purely
using words." --New York Times
"Like having a Time Life Science Library in comic books. Which is
awesome!" --Popular Science Praise for Science Comics: Flying
Machines: "Inspirational reading for budding middle grade inventors
and engineers--valuable for its broad picture of aviation's early
history and for providing specifics about the technical problems
the Wright brothers faced and solved." --School Library Journal "An
accessible and engaging introduction to the Wright brothers and how
they ushered in the age of flight." --Kirkus
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