Almost Underwear: How a Piece of Cloth Traveled from Kitty Hawk to the Moon and Mars by Roth, Jonathan
Almost Underwear: How a Piece of Cloth Traveled from Kitty Hawk to the Moon and Mars by Roth, Jonathan

Almost Underwear: How a Piece of Cloth Traveled from Kitty Hawk to the Moon and Mars

Did you know that a piece of cloth from the Wright Brothers' Flyer has traveled to the...
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Author: Jonathan Roth
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Almost Underwear: How a Piece of Cloth Traveled from Kitty Hawk to the Moon and Mars by Roth, Jonathan

Almost Underwear: How a Piece of Cloth Traveled from Kitty Hawk to the Moon and Mars

$28.83
Almost Underwear: How a Piece of Cloth Traveled from Kitty Hawk to the Moon and Mars by Roth, Jonathan

Almost Underwear: How a Piece of Cloth Traveled from Kitty Hawk to the Moon and Mars

$28.83
Author: Jonathan Roth
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
Did you know that a piece of cloth from the Wright Brothers' Flyer has traveled to the moon, and Mars?

With NASA photos and playful illustrations throughout, here is an incredible slice of hidden history and an introduction to the science of air and space for all ages.

★ "A flight of fancy--and facts--sure to set aspiring scientists' imaginations soaring."--Kirkus, starred review

One day in 1903 the Wright brothers entered a department store in Ohio to buy a bolt of fabric. The plain muslin cloth was most often used to make underwear. As it happens, the Wright brothers were about to wrap the simple cloth around the ribs of a mechanical 'wing' and dramatically change the world. Sixty-six years later, in 1969, Neil Armstrongtook a big leap onto the moon. With him was a swatch of the exact fabric the bicycle mechanics had purchased in 1903. Fifty-two years after that, in 2021, a remote-controlled car-sized explorer landed on Mars. Attached to the underside of a cable was a tiny piece of very old cloth--cloth that had almost become underwear. Almost Underwear is the story of that incredible piece of fabric, and the historic 'firsts' it stitches together.

Junior Library Guild Selection
Kirkus Best of Picture Books 2024
ALSC Notable Children's Book
Kentucky Bluegrass Award Nominee for Grades 3-5
Orange Blossom Nonfiction Award

★ "Readers with stars (and planets) in their eyes will be fascinated by this little-known swatch of detail from the story of our space program."--Booklist, starred review

★"A delight from takeoff to landing." --Publishers Weekly, starred review


Author: Jonathan Roth
Publisher: Christy Ottaviano Books-Little Brown and Hach
Published: 08/20/2024
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.60h x 11.20w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9780316525541
Audience: Ages 9-12


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 05/01/2024 pg. 42
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2024
Publishers Weekly 07/08/2024
School Library Journal 08/01/2024 pg. 106
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2024 pg. 105
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2024 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author
Author-illustrator Jonathan Roth has been fascinated with robotic space missions since the Viking lander sent back the first images from the surface of Mars. Jonathan, who teaches elementary art, lives in Rockville, Maryland, with his wife and two kitties in a house on a rocky planet orbiting a fiery star in a barred spiral galaxy.
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