How Do Aeroplanes fly? For those who dream to fly, to sow the seeds for those who want to make flying real. A beautifully illustrated early non-fiction children’s picture book, including some fun facts about learning to fly, how planes fly, aviation in India, including India’s first woman pilot, and some fun activities. Another great creative commons, Level 3 book, from Storyweaver.
By: Aditi Sarawagi and Lavanya Karthik
Text and Images from How Do Aeroplanes Fly?
Sarla liked to watch birds fly.
One day, during science class, she looked out of the window and saw an eagle gliding in the sky.
How happy the bird must be! She also liked to see planes flying.
“Here, what’s your name? Should you not be looking at the board?” asked the new teacher in Sarla’s class.
Sarla got up hastily and said, “Sorry Madam, I was watching an eagle. I wish we could fly like a bird, or
like an aeroplane….”
“What is your name?” “Sarla.”
“Oh how nice! Do you know that Sarla was the name of the first Indian women pilot too?
My name, Hamsa, means a swan.
Swans are one of the largest flying birds, you know,” said the teacher.
“You must spend some time in the library, Sarla.
I’m sure there are many books about birds and flights, and machines that fly like aeroplanes.”
Over the next few days, Sarla happily learnt a lot about birds, and about aeroplanes.
<end of sample from How Do Aeroplanes Fly?>
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Great book! Very informative.
Nice book
it (the book) keeps spelling airplane wrong but it was a good book i would give it a 4 out of 5 rating. ;-; sorry I just love it
It’s UK English, which FKB thinks is correct English since English is from England, but you are absolutely right, in the USA aeroplane is spelled airplane. I am glad you loved it despite the differences.
Julie writes:
My six year old said, “That was a really good book.”
Keetah writes:
I love is book
Danielle writes:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/brunei-airlines-all-female-pilot-crew-saudi-arabia_us_56e94e51e4b065e2e3d7e5fe?Impact_skin=Impact&
JOANN Herrera writes:
It ended rather quickly…I wish it would have had more information on various parts of the airplane
Site Editor: We’ll try to make another one for that! Otherwise check out the book All About Aircraft, also available on this site.
Thùy writes:
simply, exactly and interesting. Thank you.
Jasmine writes:
Very inspiring to be a pilot
Rihannah writes:
this book is very interesting and i liked the part when the plane takes off because it is detailed
Kim writes:
A very interesting book about flight!