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"The groundbreaking female pilot featured in the hit Broadway musical Come from Away tells her story in this high-flying and inspiring picture-book autobiography! When Beverley Bass was a young girl in the late 1950s, she told her parents she wanted to fly planes--and they told her that girls couldn't be pilots. Still, they encouraged her, and brought her to a nearby airport to watch the planes take off and land. After decades of refusing to take...
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This title strengthens reading and comprehension skills and strategies. It is designed for guided, shared and independent reading. The first part of this book displays elements common to airplanes. The second part highlights examples of different uses of airplanes. There are full-color photographs, a fun facts page and a glossary. This informative and entertaining multipart series introduces young readers to different modes of transportation. The...
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Traveling by airplane can be a stressful experience for anxious children (and their parents!). Prepare children for the unfamiliar sights and sounds of the airport experience with this fun and gently humorous picture book. Emphasis is placed on coping with sensory issues, including those of children ages three to twelve on the autism spectrum.
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Using a fictionalized approach, readers follow one family's journey from the airport to the air, learning new words and fun facts with each turn of the page. Colorful illustrations and accessible text show readers how much fun it is to fly in an airplane. A picture glossary helps strengthen vocabulary skills and encourages deeper learning development.
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Using a fictionalized approach, this bilingual book allows beginning readers to follow along as one relatable family discovers the fun of flight. Through accessible text presented in both English and standard Latin American Spanish, readers are presented with a variety of fun facts about this common experience. A helpful picture glossary aids in vocabulary development, and colorful illustrations capture the excitement of a first airplane ride.
12) Fly
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Get ready to take off in an airplane! Ground crew, flight attendants, pilots, and tower control are all here to help you journey across the sky -- dust jacket.
13) Airports
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As the world becomes more of a global community, air travel between states and countries is commonplace. Airports are playing an increasingly integral part of infrastructure in the United States and around the world. Through accessible text, readers travel to a time when airplanes landed on grassy fields, then move through the years to futuristic terminals featuring innovative technology. This captivating book takes a closer look at the airport industry...
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"Flying can be stressful for anyone--especially young children who don't know what to expect. Help your little one learn what they'll actually see and experience with Going on an Airplane, a Toddler Prep Book featuring actual photos and simple, easy-to-understand language"--Amazon.com.
15) P is for pilot
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Help children learn ABC with this cute little picture book about aviation.
17) By air
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"Gives a concise history of travel by land, water, air, or in space, showing the technology available today, in the near future, and in centuries to come"--Provided by publisher.
19) En el avión
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Desde los empleados del aeropuerto que revisan los pasaportes y miran el equipaje con rayos X, hasta los pilotos que manajan los aviones. Cada página te mostrará los secretos de un viaje emocionante en un avión. -- cover.
"What can we spot at the airport today? Shine a light behind the page and see ... From the airport staff who X-ray the baggage and check passports, to the pilots who fly the planes, each page will take you behind the scenes...
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Travel through one of America's largest airports and experience the fun of flying with a real pilot. Captain Herb takes kids from the control tower to the maze of baggage handling, from giant jets taking off and landing to a front row seat in the cockpit of an in-flight Boeing 747 jumbo jet.








