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3) Stuck
Author
Lexile measure
AD 530L
Language
English
Description
When Floyd's kite gets stuck in a tree, he tries to knock it down with increasingly larger and more outrageous things.
Author
Publisher
Pinata Books, an imprint of Arte Público Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Francisco extraña a su pueblo en El Salvador, y especialmente volar una cometa con sus amigos, pero Mamá no puede permitirse el lujo de comprar una cometa, por lo que reúne a los materiales alrededor de su edificio de apartamentos descartado y hace su propia, lo que llama la atención del dueño de una tienda y conduce a un proyecto maravilloso.
Francisco misses his village in El Salvador, and especially flying a kite with his friends, but Mamá...
5) Kite flying
Author
Lexile measure
280L
Language
English
Description
A girl describes how her family makes and flies a kite. Includes a brief history of the kite.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
121 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
This thorough guide by an expert kitemaker includes easy-to-follow, illustrated instructions for creating and flying more than fifty kites. An easy and comprehensive introduction for anyone interested in these amazing flyers, the book opens with the history and science of kites, followed by a section on kite construction and flying. Organized according to kite types, Greger's book includes chapters on everything from simple bag kites to Vietnamese,...
10) Super Duck
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st American ed.
Lexile measure
AD 530L
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
When, in rhyming text, Duck and his long-suffering friends, Frog, Sheep and Goat, attempt to fly a kite, chaos results. Frog is pulled into the sky as the kite files away and Duck jumps to rescue him.
11) Whoosh!
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First American edition.
Lexile measure
450L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Only one thing can ruin Ben's day outside: the wind. But Ben's dad has a plan!"--
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
190L
Physical Desc
29 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Biscuit the puppy and his best friend, Puddles, head to the park to fly kites, they learn that it is not as easy as it looks.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
450L
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Pinkalicious participates in a traditional Japanese cherry blossom festival and, thanks to the help of a new friend, learns how to fly a kite.
14) Catch the wind!
Author
Pub. Date
1989
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
When two children visit Ike's Kite Shop they learn about kites and how to fly them. Includes instructions for building a kite.