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Flying Machines

Part of Inside Vehicles

Author Ian Graham

Illustrated by Stephen Biesty

Hardcover

$17.99 US

Candlewick | Templar

8.94"W x 12.19"H x 0.68"D | 25 oz | 18 per carton

On sale Sep 04, 2018 | 16 Pages | 9781536202816

Age 5-8 years

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Discover the inner workings of eight of the most incredible flying machines of all time in this lift-the-flap book by the best-selling, award-winning illustrator Stephen Biesty. With amazingly detailed drawings and more than forty flaps, young readers can meet some of the early aviators and their pioneering aircraft, peek inside a luxury flying boat, and see the technology of a rocket space plane. Packed with fun facts, this is the perfect introduction to planes and helicopters from all over the world.

Ian Graham is a children’s writer who has worked on subjects ranging from space exploration and transportion to forensic science.

Stephen Biesty has won several prestigious awards, including the New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year. He is the illustrator of Giant Vehicles, Emergency Vehicles, and Trains, as well as The Story of Buildings and Into the Unknown.

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Biesty's exactingly detailed painted portraits are the stars of the show...Like its series mates from Giant Vehicles (2014) on, a pleaser for fans of big rigs.
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• Afghanistan

• Aland Islands

• Albania

• Algeria

• Angola

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• Argentina

• Armenia

• Aruba

• Azerbaijan

• Bahrain

• Belarus

• Benin

• Bolivia

• Bosnia Herzeg.

• Bouvet Island

• Brazil

• Brit.Virgin Is.

• Burkina Faso

• Burundi

• Cambodia

• Canada

• Cape Verde

• Centr.Afr.Rep.

• Chad

• Chile

• China

• Christmas Islnd

• Colombia

• Comoro Is.

• Congo

• Cook Islands

• Costa Rica

• Croatia

• Dem. Rep. Congo

• Djibouti

• Dominican Rep.

• Ecuador

• El Salvador

• Equatorial Gui.

• Eritrea

• Ethiopia

• Faroe Islands

• Fren.Polynesia

• French Guinea

• Gabon

• Georgia

• Greenland

• Guadeloupe

• Guam

• Guatemala

• Guernsey

• Guinea Republic

• Guinea-Bissau

• Haiti

• Heard/McDon.Isl

• Honduras

• Indonesia

• Isle of Man

• Ivory Coast

• Japan

• Jersey

• Kazakhstan

• Kyrgyzstan

• Laos

• Lebanon

• Liberia

• Libya

• Macau

• Macedonia

• Madagascar

• Maldives

• Mali

• Marshall island

• Martinique

• Mauritania

• Mayotte

• Mexico

• Micronesia

• Minor Outl.Ins.

• Moldavia

• Mongolia

• Montenegro

• Morocco

• Mozambique

• New Caledonia

• Nicaragua

• Niger

• Niue

• North Mariana

• Oman

• Palau

• Palestinian Ter

• Panama

• Paraguay

• Peru

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• Reunion Island

• Russian Fed.

• Rwanda

• S. Sandwich Ins

• Saint Martin

• Samoa,American

• SaoTome Princip

• Saudi Arabia

• Senegal

• Serbia

• South Korea

• St Barthelemy

• St.Pier,Miquel.

• Sth Terr. Franc

• Suriname

• Svalbard

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• Taiwan

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Biesty's exactingly detailed painted portraits are the stars of the show...Like its series mates from Giant Vehicles (2014) on, a pleaser for fans of big rigs.
—Kirkus Reviews

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