It is a picture book, but the text ans illustrations are meant to be read by older children and tweens. Excellent glimpse into the development of the airplane, but the writing is a bit dry. What makes this book interesting are the illustrations, period photos and explanatory diagrams. ( )

First to Fly encompasses the lives of Wilbur and Orville Wright and how they invented the Airplane. In the book we learn about their business endeavors and the struggles they faced throughout their lives. The audience sees two innovative brothers face challenges and and failure until they finally got their airplane to fly. The lesson I learned is that failure is okay, it can only make the final outcome stronger. ( )

This book follows the ups and downs of the inventions of the Orville brothers. It gives background knowledge of their family life and learn how the boys dropped out of school to take care of their sick mother. They failed countless times trying to invent the airplane, but never once did they give up! This book is fascinating because it shows real life stills of their lives. I compared this book to "To Fly". ( )

From the ground to the sky. Two brothers who's curiosity led them to reach the sky. Both brothers innovative, by starting many companies, from a printing shop to a cycle shop. They lived a fair life but struggled, loosing their mother to tuberculoses as well as Wilbur loosing his front teeth in a freak accident. Due to the accident Wilbur dropped out off school and stayed home helping his family. None the less his curiosity always pushed him to greater things. Both brothers Persevered through when the rest of the world was fighting illness that manly left them for dead. The brothers were brave and lucky to have survived these hard times that later lead to their discovery in flying. Its an amazing book on how one toy inspired these men to do the impossible: Fly. This book encourage children to think outside the box as well as to never give up their dreams no matter what. ( )

I liked this book for multiple reasons. First, the book really develops the characters of Orville and Wilbur Wright. The book begins with a back ground story of the Wright family and how the brothers got into the business of creating a plane. It talks about how both brothers were printers, then created bicycles, dropped out of school, and soon became interested in creating their very own flying machine. Second, I liked the illustrations in the book, they really fit with the mood and time period that the book took place in. For example, there were actual old photographs of the Wright brothers and their family. There was also many actual pictures of multiple plane models that they created. Lastly, I liked the book because the plot flowed nicely at a steady pace. The book started with a background of the Wright brothers and their family, then discussed how the brothers started building planes, and finished with how they actually got a plane to fly. The big idea of this story is to not give up. The brothers failed a countless number of times but they persevered through many obstacles and reached their goals. I think it's important that children learn that failure is okay, and that reaching a goal can take a long time and giving up isn't the answer. ( )