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I tried to make a plane joke, but it didn’t land

Flying Machines: Howe the Wright Brothers Soared. by Alison Wilgus

Science Comics: Rockets: Defying Gravity. by Anne Drozd and Jerzy Drozd

May 25, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Learn about how we fly without wings through the voice of the Wright brother’s sister in Flying Machines: Howe the Wright Brothers Soared. The history of flight is introduced with, first a story presentation of the facts, and second with pages of the technical presentation. The use of color and details to separate these two sections helps alert you to the change. Part history and part science story, we meet not only the Wright brothers in this graphic novel by Alison Wilgus, but we also […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Aeronautics, Alison Wilgus, Anne Drozd, Anne Drozd and Jerzy Drozd, Astronautics & Space Science, flying, Jerzy Drozd, military, molly brooks, rockets, space, technology, Transportation, Wright Brothers

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:249 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Aeronautics, Alison Wilgus, Anne Drozd, Anne Drozd and Jerzy Drozd, Astronautics & Space Science, flying, Jerzy Drozd, military, molly brooks, rockets, space, technology, Transportation, Wright Brothers ·
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Princess Sparkle Destroyer of Worlds

Sanity and Tallulah by Molly Brooks

January 7, 2019 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

What sort of mischief would two tweens who grew up on a space station get into? Why, inventing new species and saving the day of course! Sanity and Tallulah are best friends and children of VIPs on board their space station home. Sanity is the smarty pants who spends her time experimenting and futzing with mechanics, usually on the sly and not quite in the realm of what her parents would allow. Tallulah is along for the ride, though she prefers gushing over their favorite […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Children's Books, children's comics, cute animals, diversity, Graphic Novel, kid lit, molly brooks, sci-fi, STEM

cosbrarian's CBR11 Review No:2 · Genres: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Children's Books, children's comics, cute animals, diversity, Graphic Novel, kid lit, molly brooks, sci-fi, STEM ·
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