Thursday, September 19, 2024

Edwards. The Wright Brothers

The Wright Brothers is a children's book by Pamela Duncan Edwards, with art by Henry Code, published in 2003. It is available at the Internet Archive.

This is a "Jack" style story with long lines and no rhymes. Here's the concluding set of verses, which is actually one enormously long sentence!

And these are the triumphs of THE AGE OF FLIGHT,
which was born with THE FLYER, powered by the engine
built by the Wrights following their success with the craft
that eventually flew after many attempts
to take off from the beach where they tested
the gliders based on the kite inspired by the
wings of the buzzards soaring over
the bicycle shop opened by Wilbur and Orville
years after making a printing press designed by
the brothers, whose interest in flying was sparked
by a toy that whirled through the sky,
which was conquered in flight in 1903. 

As you might have noticed in the screenshot above, there's some commentary from the mice who watch what is going on from the field, and from other locations too; they even take a hot air balloon and also fly a kite to observe more closely.

The inside coverpages have a timeline.


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