A book about amelia earhart

Book, amelia earhart, the fun of it national air and space museum. In this book, we will follow all of the hurdles that this heroine surmounted in order to become one of the most famous pilots of all time. She was also the first person to fly alone from honolulu to california and to solo nonstop from california to mexico both. In this brilliantly imagined novel, amelia earhart tells us what happened after she and her navigator. The books subject is wellsuited to a pictorial biography, and the wellchosen images are sharp and clear. This book is full of easy to understand facts about the pilot accompanied by colorful illustrations. She was on the first woman to fly across the atlantic ocean in 1928. This friendly, fun biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes greatthe traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically themselves. I feel that for children it is better to learn about famous figures through picture books. Published to wide acclaim by knopf in 2010, american music is now out in paperback from vintage. I gave this book a 4 out of 5 because of its ability to teach facts to young children in a fun manner. Earhart was the first woman to receive the distinguished flying cross, awarded for becoming the first aviatrix to fly solo across the atlantic ocean.

This biography is intelligently written and perfectly paced. Any books, from picture books to biographies to novelizations, about amelia earhart, or in which amelia earhart is a significant character. Amelia mary earhart missing july 2, 1937, declared dead january 5, 1939 was a noted american aviation pioneer, and author. A lindy lookalike, amelia earhart s wonderful public image combined modest gentility, feminist selfconfidence and competence, and a models poise and grace. List of books and articles about amelia earhart online. List of books and articles about amelia earhart online research. This book is talk about who amelia was and what did she did. A picture book of amelia earhart is written by david a. Score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Amelia earhart is a phenomenal book that contains more than 100 colour photographs and illustrations along with detailed information about the pictures. A recent proponent of this theory is mike campbell, who published the 2012 book amelia earhart. Amelia earhart explains the origin of her dream to fly a multimotored plane. Discover librarianselected research resources on amelia earhart from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines. A picture book of amelia earhart is a biography about amelia earhart that is geared toward grades k1.

Campbell cites claims from marshall islanders to have witnessed a crash, as well as a u. She set many other records, wrote bestselling books about her flying experiences, and was instrumental in the formation. This book touches only briefly on theories about her disappearance, more. This was the first book about amelia earhart that i read, and at the time i thought it was good. Amelia earhart contributor of good night stories for. She set many other records, wrote bestselling books. Army sergeant who found a suspicious gravesite near a former japanese prison on saipan. She was the first woman to cross the atlantic by airplane 1928 and the first woman to make a solo flight across the atlantic 1932.

She held many records and became one of the most famous aviators in america. Amelia earhart was the first woman pilot to fly solo across the atlantic ocean. She was nurse, she learn about automobile engine repair and then later become a pilot. Inspire students to aim high with these earhartthemed reads. The book has a catalogue of rare pictures that cannot be found anywhere on the internet. Sacagawea was our first book because of my daughters obsession and from there we moved to other strong historical women, such as helen keller and amelia. Best amelia earhart books for kids, as chosen by educators. Earhart wrote books about her flights20 hours and 40 minutes, the fun of it, and last flightalong with articles, editorials, and columns for many magazines. Doris rich did not go into the depth that either susan butler or mary lovell did. This biography is not very long around 300 pages but the book i what can i say after finishing amelia earhart. But having later read susan butlers and also mary lovells biographies of amelia earhart, i have rated this in last place of the three. A turbulent childhood first transatlantic flight earhart in the white house amelia earhart s disappearance theories and explanationsand much more.