Jumbo: The Making of the Boeing 747

For the 50th anniversary of the Boeing 747's first commercial flight, a picture book about the development...
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Author: Chris Gall
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Language: English
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Jumbo: The Making of the Boeing 747 by Gall, Chris

Jumbo: The Making of the Boeing 747

$41.52

Jumbo: The Making of the Boeing 747

$41.52
Author: Chris Gall
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

For the 50th anniversary of the Boeing 747's first commercial flight, a picture book about the development of the iconic passenger plane and how it changed the history of air travel.

In 1968, the biggest passenger jet the world had ever seen premiered in Everett, Washington. The giant plane was called the Boeing 747, but reporters named it "the Jumbo jet."

There was only one problem. It couldn't fly. Yet.

Jumbo details the story of the world's first wide body passenger jet, which could hold more people than any other plane at the time and played a pivotal role in allowing middle class families to afford overseas travel. Author and illustrator Chris Gall, himself a licensed pilot, shows how an innovative design, hard work by countless people, and ground-breaking engineering put the Jumbo jet in the air.

On January 22, 1970, the Boeing 747 made it's first transatlantic flight, taking passengers from New York to Paris in seven hours.

Author: Chris Gall
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Published: 08/04/2020
Pages: 48
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.36lbs
Size: 10.10h x 12.10w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781250155801
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.6
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 509881 / Jumbo: The Making of the Boeing 747


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2020
School Library Journal 07/01/2020 pg. 73
Booklist 07/01/2020 pg. 58
Publishers Weekly 07/20/2020

About the Author
Chris Gall earned a degree in fine arts from the University of Arizona and is the author and illustrator of a dozen acclaimed books, including Dinotrux, a Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book of the Year, The Littlest Train, Dog Vs. Cat, and Go For the Moon. Chris lives in Tucson, Arizona.

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