flight

Always thoughtful of others, Buddy is rewarded with the gift of flying.

After a crow's black feather falls and touches her arm, a young girl becomes a crow, viewing her world from the sky until it is time for supper.

African American slaves in the old South dream of escape from their hardships by flying away.

Learn the basic concepts that make flight possible and the variety of ways in which gravity is defied. A hands-on project.

Uses simple experiments to demonstrate the properties of air and the principles of flight in animals or through machines.

"Do some animals really have the power to defy gravity? The surprising answer is yes. Some do so by flapping their wings to fly incredibly high. Others shoot out from under the water. Still others stick to the ceiling without any glue. Look inside to find out about eight of these extraordinary creatures--and the secrets behind their gravity-defying powers"--Back cover.

A little girl who loves planes is sent to her bedroom for doing a loop-de-loop off the couch and finds a secret door leading to room with real flying machines, and she sets off on an adventure.