To find out more about the history and science of flight, look for these books at your library or bookstore, or visit the suggested web sites.

Ages 6 to 9

Ages 9 to 12

Ages 12 to Adult

Ages 6 to 9

Air Show. Suen, Anastasia. 2001.
Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride: Based on a True Story. Ryan, Pam Munoz. 1999.
Brave Harriet. Moss, Marissa. 2001.
Flight: The Journey of Charles Lindbergh. Burleigh, Robert. 1991.
Fly High! The Story of Bessie Coleman. Borden, Louise and Mary Kay Kroeger. 1996.
The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel With Louis Bleriot, July 25, 1909. Provensen, Alice and Martin Provensen. 1999.
How Do Airplanes Fly? A Book About Airplanes. Berger, Melvin. 2001.
The International Space Station (Let’s-Read-And-Find-Out Science). Branley, Franklyn M. 2000.
Kids’ Paper Airplane Book. Blackburn, Ken and Jeff Lammers. 1996.
One Giant Leap: The Story of Neil Armstrong. Brown, Don. 1998.
Take-Off! Hunter, Ryan Ann. 2000.
This Plane. Collicutt, Paul. 2000.
The World’s Greatest Paper Airplane and Toy Book. Laux, Keith R. 1987.

Ages 9 to 12

Bessie Coleman: First Black Woman Pilot. Plantz, Connie. 2001.
The Bishop’s Boys: A Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright. Crouch, Tom. 1990.
Draw 50 Airplanes, Aircraft and Spacecraft. Ames, Lee J. 1987.
Eyewitness: Flying Machine. Nahum, Andrew.2000.
Eyewitness: Space Exploration. Stott, Carole. 2000.
Eyewitness Visual Dictionaries: The Visual Dictionary of Flight. Courtenay-Thompson, Fiona (ed.). 1993.
Feathers, Flaps, & Flops: Fabulous Early Fliers. Zaunders, Bo. 2001.
The Machine Gunners. Westall, Robert. 1999.
The Magnificent Book of Kites: Explorations in Design, Construction, Enjoyment & Flight. Eden, Maxwell. 2000.
The New Way Things Work. Macaulay, David. 1998.
Sally Ride: Space Pioneer. Hopping, Lorraine Jean. 2000.
Sky Pioneer: A Photobiography of Amelia Earhart. Szabo, Corinne. 1997.
The Spirit of St. Louis. Lindbergh, Charles A. 1993.
Tomboy of the Air: Daredevil Pilot Blanche Stuart Scott. Cummins, Julie. 2001
The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane. Freedman, Russell. 1991.

Ages 12 to Adult

Field Guide to Airplanes of North America. Montgomery, M.R. 1992.
Becoming an Airline Pilot. Griffin, Jeff. 1990.
Black Wings: The American Black in Aviation. Hardesty, Von and Dominick Pisano. 1988.
Boeing: Planemaker to the World. Redding, Robert and Yenne, Bill. 1997.
Boeing: The First Century. Bauer, Eugene E. 2000.
Flight in America: From the Wrights to the Astronauts. Bilstein, Roger E. 1994.
Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft. Jane’s Information Group. Published once a year.
Night Flight. Saint-Exupery, Antoine de. 1932.
North American Aircraft 1934-1998. Avery, Norm and Thompson, Kevin. 1998.
Slipping the Surly Bonds: Great Quotations on Flight. English, Dave. 1998.
West With the Night. Markham, Beryl. 1985.
World Aviation Directory. Published twice a year.

On the Web

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA): http://www.flight100.org/index.cfm
The Boeing Company: http://www.boeing.com/
NASA: http://www.nasa.gov/
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: http://www.nasm.si.edu/