The Wright Brothers

Who were the Wright Brothers? Why are they famous? How do we know about them? This book introduces you to the lives and work of the two brothers who invented the first engine-driven flying machine.

Author: Emma Lynch
ISBN: 9781403463548 (1403463549) • Dewey: 629.13'0092'273 • Price: $17.75
Ages: 5-7 • Grade Level: K-2 • Guided Reading Level: N
Pages: 32 • Size: 7 7/8 x 8 15/16 • Publisher: Heinemann • Copyright: 2005
Subjects: Biography • Features: Primary Source
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• AR Level: 3.7 • AR Points: 0.5 • AR Quiz Number: 89136

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Also available in paperback at Heinemann-Raintree Classroom

Series Contents / Information

Grades
K-2

Lives and Times
Young readers will be inspired by these real-life stories of people who made a mark on the modern world, including six new books on famous entrepreneurs and seven new books on famous composers. Each of these carefully researched biographies is supported by variety of primary source material and designed to inform as well as encourage young readers to take on their own investigations.

ISBN: 9781432922184 (1432922181) • Price: $479.25

Includes the following 27 titles: Asa Candler, Ben Cohen, Benjamin Franklin, Clarence Birdseye, Dr. Seuss, Edwin Binney, Eli Whitney, Florence Nightingale, George Eastman, H.J. Heinz, Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Irving Berlin, J. L. Kraft, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Philip Sousa, Levi Strauss, Ludwig van Beethoven, Martin Luther King Jr., Milton Hershey, Ray Kroc, Robert Fulton, Scott Joplin, Stephen Foster, The Wright Brothers, William Wrigley Jr., Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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