Wilbur, Orville . . . and Simone
The Seagull Who Helped the Wright Brothers Learn to Fly| By: | Bill Eckert |
| Publisher: | Author Solutions |
| Print ISBN: | 9781524500849 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781524500832 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 2016 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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In this heartwarming historical fiction story, after Wilbur saves her life, the permanently injured seagull Simone helps the Wright Brothers learn to fly. You get the expert gulls-eye view of humans achieving what most consider impossible. Step by step, Simone guides Will and Orv from steering a kite through kiting a glider, manned glider flight, and finally, powered flight. The action is real history, and the gull-to-man dialogue is both aeronautically insightful and emotionally sensitive. As Simone says, After all, these guys were only human. You go, gull!