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For younger readers

Busby, Peter. First to Fly: How Wilbur and Orville Wright Invented the Airplane. Crown, 2003. For readers in grade 3 and up.

Freedman, Russell. The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane. Holiday House, 1991, 1994. A photoessay for readers in grades 4 to 8.

Krensky, Stephen. Taking Flight: The Story of the Wright Brothers. Simon & Schuster, 2000. For readers in grades 2 to 4.

MacLeod, Elizabeth. The Wright Brothers: A Flying Start. Kids Can, 2002. For readers in grades 4 to 6.

McPherson, Stephanie S., and Joseph S. Gardner. Wilbur & Orville Wright: Taking Flight. Carolrhoda, 2003. For readers in grades 4 to 7.

Old, Wendie. To Fly: The Story of the Wright Brothers. Clarion, 2003. For readers in grades 3 to 5.

Santella, Andrew. The Wright Brothers: Inventors and Aviators. Child's World, 2003. With historical illustrations; for readers in grades 2 to 4.

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Freedman, Russell. The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane. Holiday House, 1991. Focuses on the events leading up to the brothers' first successful flight, and the subsequent improvements in their invention. Illustrated with photographs taken by the Wrights.

Howard, Fred. Wilbur and Orville: A Biography of the Wright Brothers. Dover, 1998. A comprehensive biography of the Wrights, set in the world of early aviation.

Hudson, Margaret. The Wright Brothers. Heinemann, 1998. An introduction to the lives and work of the inventors of the first engine-driven flying machine.

Jakab, Peter L. Visions of a Flying Machine: The Wright Brothers and the Process of Invention. Smithsonian, 1990, 1997. Shows the achievements of the Wright brothers with excellent detail and analysis.

Parker, Steve. The Wright Brothers and Aviation. Chelsea House, 1995. The lives of the Wright brothers for younger readers.

Wright, Wilbur, and Orville Wright. Ed. Fred Charters Kelly. Miracle at Kitty Hawk: The Letters of Wilbur and Orville Wright. Farrar, Straus & Young, Da Capo, 1951. 1996. A revealing portrait of the brothers presented through their collected correspondence.

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