The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane

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The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane
Author Russell Freedman
LanguageEnglish
Genre Children's novel
PublisherClarion
Publication date
 1991
Publication placeUnited States

The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane is a 1991 children's photobiography of the Wright brothers written by biographer Russell Freedman in 1991. It covers their early lives as children, running the Wright Cycle Company, through to their famous flight December 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, to Orville's death in 1948. [1] It was Freedman's first Newbery Honor (1992) after winning the Newbery Medal in 1988 for Lincoln: A Photobiography; it also won a Golden Kite Award in 1991 in the nonfiction category. [2] [3]

References

  1. ↑ Gillespie, John T.; Naden, Corinne J., eds. (2006). The Newbery/Printz Companion: Book Talk and Related Materials (3rd ed.). Libraries Unlimited. ISBN   1-59158-313-6.
  2. ↑ "Association for Library Service to Children - Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books, 1922 – Present" (PDF). ALA.org. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
  3. ↑ Carlson, Laura; Creighton, Sean; Cunningham, Sheila (eds.). Literary Laurels: A Reader's Guide to Award-Winning Books. ISBN   978-0-9647361-1-5.
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