Dragonwings: Golden Mountain Chronicles: 1903 (Golden Mountain Chronicles)

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Will Windrider
take to the skies?

Moon shadow is eight years old when he sails from China to join his father, Windrider, in America. Windrider lives in San Francisco and makes his living doing laundry. Father and son have never met.

But Moon Shadow grows to love and respect his father and to believe in his wonderful dream. And Windrider, with Moon Shadow's help is willing to endure the mockery of the other Chinese, the poverty, the separation from his wife and country'even the great earthquake'to make his dream come true.

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A Good Book--4 stars.......2007-04-27

Dragonwings is a good book to read because you have a good feeling to know someone's dream came true, like Moonshadow's father's dream. Moonshadow is a young man. When he was just eight years old, he had a chance to join his father who he had never seen before in the United States. He went through a difficult time passing immigration. This book talks about how Chinese people settled down in Chinatown and the experience in 1906 with the big earthquake in San Francisco, and then how Moonshadow and his father relocated to Oakland. Moonshadow's father is a good kite maker, and he has a fabulous dream to make a flying machine. Moon Shadow writes a letter to the Wrights telling them how his father likes to fly too, and wishes they can help him. The father's dream came true when he made a flying machine in 1909. Lawrence Yep's historical novels shows rich traditions and the culture of the Chinese community. I will recommend this book to people who are American born Chinese because they can learn from this book about how difficult it was for their ancesters to get into this country, and how they worked so hard and how they survived in white society, so they will appreciate them. Overall it is a good book to read, I just have some words that were hard to understand for me, maybe because they are too old fashioned.

Upset.......2007-04-18

I was honestly upset with this book not as good as i thought it would be, I mean the story was just boring overall.The only thing I thought was interesting that they used kites and I would be curious to ask the author why.

snooze fest.......2007-02-22

horrible
I am 13 years old and I hate this book
we read it in english class this year. About two people actually fell asleep reading it in 5th period. Really boring. There was one exciting part to the story. The names are hard to keep track of. I also don't like the fact that all throughout this book the boy refers to the white men as "demons". At first I thought the book was suposed to teach a lesson. But in the end it didn't
don't buy this book

Dragonwings.......2006-11-30

Wow,this is the best book I've ever read in years.This book starts off with a boy named Moonshadow,Moonshadows mom,and grandmother.They are in there farm allways workinging in the farm and not having any fun.
Moonshadow always wonders how the goldenmountains (America)looks like.When Moonshadow visits the goldenmountains and finds his dad there.The white demons (white people) are mean to the chinamen and all yhey care about is themselves.

Dragonwings.......2006-05-25

Moonshadow starts out as a shy little boy who lives in China who was curious about The Land of the Golden Mountain (America). Men from China would go to America in search for a better life. This is what Moonshadow's father did. One day Moonshadow was told that he had to choose between either staying in China and never knowing his father or being taken to his father in The Land of the Golden Mountain, he chose to leave. On the boat he was very frightened because he heard the older men telling stories of how they were almost tortured in America which did not make it any easier for Moonshadow to leave China. When he arrives he encounters a couple of "scary" things before they get to where he will be staying. Everyone with the last name of Lee works in a Laundry Shop, which is owned by Uncle Bright Star and White Deer. Moonshadow is greeted with Demon (white people) clothing. He already doesn't like what he sees. Moon shadow faces many difficulties such as being mugged, robbed, being picked on and racism through out the whole story. Towards the end of the story Moonshadow's father Windrider discovers that he wants to peruse his dream and he will need Moonshadow's help to achieve that dream. When he tells everyone that he will be moving out they are hurt and angry. They live by a white demoness and her niece, Miss. Whitlaw and Robin. While they are living there Windrider works as a handy man for Mr. Alger. Everything is perfect until the Earthquake comes. Miss. Whitlaw and Robin, Moonshadow and Windrider have to separate. It is up to Moonshadow to take over there new house because father is working on his dream but, will he finish in time and will it work? You find out!

A History of Aerodynamics: And Its Impact on Flying Machines (Cambridge Aerospace Series)

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An Outstanding Synthesis
An excellent survey
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A History of Aerodynamics: And Its Impact on Flying Machines (Cambridge Aerospace Series)
Jr, John D. Anderson
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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ASIN: 0521454352

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Aerodynamic principles that make flight possible were little known or barely understood as recently as one hundred years ago. Although their roots can be found in the fluid dynamics of ancient Greek science, it was not until the scientific breakthroughs at the beginning of the twentieth century that it became possible to design successful flying machines. This book presents the history of aerodynamics, intertwined with a review of the aircraft that were developed as technology advanced. Beginning with the scientific theories and experiments of Aristotle and Archimedes, the book continues through the applied and theoretical aerodynamics in the early 1900s, and concludes with modern hypersonic and computational aerodynamics. Students, fluid dynamicists, aeronautical engineers, and historians of technology will find this book a thoroughly engrossing account of the role of aerodynamics in the development of science and technology in this century.

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An Outstanding Synthesis.......2003-05-31

In this important overview, senior aerospace engineer John D. Anderson Jr., explores one of the most critical areas of flight, the evolution of aerodynamics. And the result is a significant work that goes far toward capturing the essence of this field. It will find a place in both aeronautical engineering and history of aeronautics classes, but the greatest importance of "A History of Aerodynamics" will probably be its use as an essential reference by scholars without the technical depth of Anderson working in the history of flight.

Anderson divides his subject into four key areas and attacks them chronologically. The first period, requiring nearly 100 pages in this publication, begins with antiquity and ends with the work of the Wright brothers at the beginning of the twentieth century. The second era he characterizes as one dominated by the strut-and-wire biplane of the 1900s through the 1920s. A third definable era came with the mature propeller-driven airplane that emerged in the 1930s and predominated until the 1950s. Then, a fourth era arose in which the jet aircraft has dominated. Anderson would be quick to point out that the last two eras have existed side-by-side since the coming of the jet, but that each of them present different aerodynamics challenges requiring different solutions and, hence, they deserve separate treatment.

Three major themes run through "A History of Aerodynamics" from Aristotle to the present. First, the author emphasizes the development of the discipline of aerodynamics-the change over time in the understanding of the physical nature of aerodynamic flows over solid bodies and the discovery and systemization of basic governing equations-much of which emerged independently from a variety of sources and without immediate practical application. For instance, Anderson concludes that with Newtonian physics as a foundation, numerous scientists and mathematicians ranging from Leonhard Euler to Pierre-Simon Laplace working largely individually constructed a framework for aerodynamics that included fundamental understanding of Euler's equations for an inviscid flow and the Navier-Stokes equations for a viscous flow. That effort, however, took place independently of a desire to build flying machines, and indeed many of those working on them scoffed at the idea of human powered flight.

Second, it took a group of practical inventors to apply these theoretical aerodynamics principles and build the first practical flying machines in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These individuals, few of whom held academic posts, began the practice of applied aerodynamics. The classic example is Wilbur and Orville Wright who had no advanced degrees and no outside funders, either public or private. The research of these people went directly into the design of airplanes. As Anderson concludes, "It is remarkable that the flying machine was developed and advanced well into the beginning of the twentieth century without direct recourse to the state of the art of theoretical aerodynamics that existed in academic circles" (pp. 448-49).

Finally, Anderson traces the linkage between the aerodynamic theory being developed in the academy and its application to the design of aircraft. Whereas the linkage had been tenuous at best until the second decade of the twentieth century, it has grown increasingly interrelated and complex since. Making airplanes more efficient, safe, and effective has become the raison d'être for aerodynamics research at least since the 1930s. The basic research of Otto Prandtl in Germany and Theodore von Kármán-himself a Prandtl student-at Caltech exemplify this transformation, as it found its way almost immediately into practical designs.

There is much to praise in this volume. It provides for the first time a comprehensive overview of the subject. It also offers the best discussions available about some of the key breakthroughs in the twentieth century made by leading aerodynamicists such as Richard Whitcomb, John Stack, and Fred Weick. But for all its virtues, the overview offered here is a history written for engineers. Replete with formulae and technical detail, certainly to be expected in such a history, the author concerns himself with the linear process of aerodynamic understanding to the very great exclusion of any social or cultural factors that might have influenced the engineers.

For instance, the author concludes that the era of the modern propeller-driven aircraft was dominated by the requirement to reduce drag, and therefore enhance performance, so a "streamlining craze" emerged among aerodynamicists that fundamentally altered the direction of the airplane development. Despite many intriguing areas that might have been explored-for example, the story of the adoption of retractable landing gear explored by Walter Vincenti in a 1994 Technology & Culture article-here the progression of streamlining follows a linear pattern, with the text too often emphasizing what comes across as farsighted, preordained solutions to aerodynamics problems that led inexorably to the clean, efficient designs of the 1940s. There is little of the obscurity of choices, blind allies of research, or trial and error that might have enriched this story.

Even so, this is a massively impressive work that will be of real use to a large community. It will find use for years to come.

An excellent survey.......2001-12-06

This book is almost sure to be the definitive treatment of this subject for many decades to come. As far as I know, it is the most comprehensive history of aerodynamics and its relationship to aircraft development. Speaking as someone who has been involved technically in aircraft design, I found it truly fascinating to learn how today's techniques and base of knowledge evolved through the interaction of theory, experiment, and engineering experience. I believe that this book will interest anyone who wants to understand how aircraft design has evolved and why airplanes were designed as they were at various times and places.

It is, as the title says, strictly about aerodynamics and does not cover many other matters of vital importance to aircraft design, such as structure, mass properties (like the inertial moments mentioned by another reviewer), propulsion, or systems. Moreover, it's about the principles of aerodynamics and does not cover many of the important aspects of its application to aircraft, such as propulsion system integration. Thus it is not by any means a comprehensive history of aircraft design and development. But it treats its one topic of the development of the principles of aerodynamics for aircraft very well.

The book does not assume any real technical knowledge of aerodynamics, although I imagine it could be somewhat tough going for someone who had no prior knowledge of the subject at all. There is a sprinkling of equations and a few mathematical arguments, but no one should be put off by them because (1) they are not complex (no calculus) and (2) you can skip over them if you are willing to take the author's word on what they mean. From my perspective, the author does a good job of explaining concepts clearly and correctly. He does not insult the expert's intelligence, while remaining accessible to those without deep knowledge. More technical details are given in appendices.

Of course it is impossible in any single book to cover all important developments in aircraft aerodynamics. This book is definitely slanted toward the fundamentals -- the Wright brothers don't appear until nearly halfway through the book. The author, himself an authority on modern aerodynamics, only very briefly sketches developments of the past 50 years, on the grounds that they are too much a story in progress to make for concise history.

For readers used to thinking of the US as the world leader in airplane development and manufacture, it may come as a surprise to learn how often America trailed behind in the development of aerodynamics and how fortunate Americans were to have escaped the worst consequences of their nation's past (and recent) neglect of research in this vital area. In light of the book's emphasis on this, it was a little surprising to find another reviewer criticizing it as too slanted toward US developments. In leafing through the index I see a strong preponderance of names from outside the US. In order to keep the book to "only" 450 pages of text, however, the author does often concentrate on the main theme in a given area and does not cite all of the parallel and supporting work elsewhere, leading to neglect of some non-US (and some US) efforts.

I particularly liked the way the book puts a human face on the story by giving brief biographical summaries of the people who have played key roles in aerodynamics development and sketching the times and circumstances in which they worked.

Readers hoping for a brief (and somewhat impressionistic) introduction rather than Anderson's more comprehensive approach may want to look up Theodore von Kármán's _Aerodynamics_ (1954) or John E. Allen's _Aerodynamics: A space age survey_ (1966). The standard broad surveys of the development of aircraft design and technology are Ronald Miller & David Sawers, _The Technical Development of Modern Aviation_ (1970) and Laurence K. Loftin, Jr., _Quest for Performance: The Evolution of Modern Aircraft_ (1985; NASA SP-468).

Will O'Neil

Good Read -recommended.......2001-02-06

This book is very good read indeed. Anderson sets out in meticulous detail the history of aerodynamics leading up to actual flight by the Wright Bros and then proceeds through the periods of World War 1 and II and jet flight. There are very few equations to deal with and the book is both descriptive an instructional. Although the book is a bit Americo-centric it does cover much of the early aerodynamic development elsewhere in the world with some notable exceptions for later periods. The book becomes a little unstuck when it starts to make unfavorable comparisons on the basis of efficiency between early European WWI fighters and the American WW I Jenny for example, a comparison which is really in the chalk and cheese category. The book also largely ignores roll moments of inertia (i.e. the basis of maneuverability) but seems to concentrate on aspect ratio and wing shape as its main yardstick in its comparisons, and this is a major weakness. It is also a bit weak on actual worldwide historical development and appearance of jet aircraft outside of America. Nevertheless, the subject matter is very engaging and overall it is well worth the purchase price and is strongly recommended for aviation buffs despite the niggling flaws.

Friendly book.......1999-09-01

An excellent book bringing to life the trials and tribulations behind the history of flight. This book is an easy read, because it sounds like the author is talking directly to you.

An extremely well written book that is a joy to read........1999-07-06

The author has taken a very technical subject and created a fascinating book that is a joy to read.

Those Wonderful Women in Their Flying Machines: The Unknown Heroines of World War Two

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Those wonderful women in their flying machines: a story of perseverence and courage over mysoginism.
The Definitive Account of American Women Aviators in WWII
Women Link Aline Rhonie (Hofheimer) Brooks won WW II!
An inspiring read for any adventurous spirit or history buff

Those Wonderful Women in Their Flying Machines: The Unknown Heroines of World War Two
Sally Van Wagenen Keil
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ASIN: 0962765902

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A narrative history, from first-hand interviews, of the valiant American women pilots of World War II.

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Those wonderful women in their flying machines: a story of perseverence and courage over mysoginism........2006-03-13

I found the book easy and agreable to read, being split in chapters covering various aspects of the story of the WASPs. The book showed well the depth of the prejudice and intolerance, sometimes bordering on the criminal, shown towards brave women who only wanted to serve their country in a time of war. The autor also managed to cover the subject of aviation without using overly technical terms. The only possible critique I would give to this book is that more pictures may have made the book even easier to read, especially to the readers who have little or no knowledge of aviation. I am myself highly knowledgeable about aviation and war and found the information in the book to be both accurate and pertinent to the subject of the book. Overall a good book to have to relax or pass time during a long trip.

The Definitive Account of American Women Aviators in WWII.......2003-02-28

(by E.M. Singer, author of "Mother Flies Hurricanes")This well-written, thorough, engaging account is prefaced by short biographies on Amelia Earhart and Jacqueline Cochran. The author focuses mainly on the WASPs, but England's Air Transport Auxiliary gets a chapter (which is only right, because the ATA was the forerunner of the WASPs). Roberta Leveaux, who wrote the foreword to Mother Flies Hurricanes, is featured along with other American women who served in the ATA. (She was known as Bobby Sandoz then.) These 25 women, most of them, went by boat across the North Atlantic in 1942, the worst year of the war for U-boat sinkings on Allied shipping. Once in England, they had to endure the same privations and hardships as the British people-rationing, bombings, poor or non-existent heating in the places they were billetted, among other things. This book paints a vivid picture of ATA training, which was strict, comprehensive, and exacting. It had to be, since the pilots had to ferry dozens of different types of aircraft to hundreds of RAF maintenance units and squadrons scattered all over England. Keil's account also explores the feelings of culture shock and homesickness the women felt at being in a foreign country, which was a war zone on top of everything else. They overcame all the physical, mental, and psychological challenges thrown at them, and became top-notch ferry pilots who are still remembered today with admiration and affection by their British compatriots. For more recommendations on books about women pilots and the role they played in WWII, check out the motherflieshurricanes.com website.

Women Link Aline Rhonie (Hofheimer) Brooks won WW II!.......2002-09-30

Those Wonderful Women in Their Flying Machines
by Sally V. Keil is a wonderful attempt at giving credit
to true heros of our nation. Today women compete in many
areas and mostly against other women. In the air, women
obey all the laws of physics that men do. And these women
were very special. On such women was the late great Aline Rhonie
Hofheimer who besides being on the first to sign up, she also
served in ther British Red Cross Ambulance Corp and flew also with the ATA. Prior she created a huge fresco/mural in Hanger
F of Roosevelt Field on Long Island. It is important that
todays youth understand that such women existed and if not
poisoned by our culture can rise to the top again. God bless
the WAFS and WASPS and all of those women who put themselves
in harms way and never asked for special consideration. Buy
the book.

An inspiring read for any adventurous spirit or history buff.......2000-04-12

Facinating! A true and candid account of history's flygirls and the Women Pilots during WWII, this book is almost impossible to put down. So little has been told about these pioneering women of the skies. The amazing, daring accounts of pilot training, WWII travels, and the prejudices battled during service are a revealed in such heart-felt and sometimes shocking detail. No other book about women pilots has delved into the day to day life or recounted the history of women flyers with such vigor. You'll head for the nearest flight school!

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Wonderful Childhood Memories!!
A book for the ages
Looking for a book to educate, inspire and charm your kids?
Me and My Flying Machine
A Very Wonderful & Heartwarming Story!

Me and My Flying Machine,
Marianna Mayer , and Mercer Mayer
Manufacturer: Parents' Magazine Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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Wonderful Childhood Memories!!.......2006-10-16

I have been searching for this book for such a long time. I must have read it a million times as a child in the 70's. It was my absolute favorite. Now that I am an early childhood educator (and a mother), I can't wait to share this book with my students and my children!

A book for the ages.......2005-09-21

Just like Mr. Phil Schreiber said in his review below, this book is one I have remembered my entire life. My brother received this book for a B-Day gift back in the mid 70's and I was fascinated by it. I am now 36, and still can see the drawings. This book enspired me to dream...even if the dream isn't worth dreaming about. What a gem this story truely is!

Looking for a book to educate, inspire and charm your kids?.......2004-03-05

How can I succintly sum up just how inspiring this book was to me as a child? The tale of a young boy who decides to build a plane in his barn and imagines all the positive actions he'll achieve in it, from winning races to helping people out. A boy who, when his dreams are hopelessly dashed, is unperturbed and already looking to the next challenge. Masterful! Like Paulo Coelho for the younger generation! Whatsmore, Beautifully illustrated and one book your child will read over and over and over. Trust me; I did!
p.s. have bought a copy to read to my niece and my own children when they appear on the scene!

Me and My Flying Machine.......2003-03-03

If I could only explain just how this book has inspired me. I was givin this book from my parents in the early 70's and somehow till this day has been a part of me and Im 35 now! I love how the boys discovery leads to a creation and how his dreams inspire his desire to perfect his project. Win races, rescue people, deliver mail, give birds a place to rest when flying. When he decides it is just right, he finally tries to get it out of the barn just to have it fall to pieces! Even after his terrible failure he still isnt willing give up trying to create..."tomarrow Ill build a rowboat" Terrific.

A Very Wonderful & Heartwarming Story!.......1999-07-03

I remember reading this book over and over as a small child. I read it so many times that I wore out the binder on the book. It's a story of a small boy and how he builds a flying machine out of scrapes and paints it with all the colors he can find in the family shed and takes off on an adventure around the world. I would love to find this book and keep it around for future generations to read, not only this story but all the other wonderful stories written by Marianna Mayer. Thank you.....C.M.....

Modelling and Control of Mini-Flying Machines (Advances in Industrial Control)

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Modelling and Control of Mini-Flying Machines (Advances in Industrial Control)
Pedro Castillo , Rogelio Lozano , and Alejandro E. Dzul
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ASIN: 1852339578

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Problems in the motion control of aircraft are of perennial interest to the control engineer as they tend to be of complex and nonlinear nature.

Modelling and Control of Mini-Flying Machines is an exposition of models developed for various types of mini-aircraft:

planar Vertical Take-off and Landing aircraft;
helicopters;
quadrotor mini-rotorcraft;
other fixed-wing aircraft;
blimps;

for each of which it propounds:

detailed models derived from Euler-Lagrange methods;
appropriate nonlinear control strategies and convergence properties;
real-time experimental comparisons of the performance of control algorithms;
review of the principal sensors, on-board electronics, real-time architecture and communications systems for mini-flying machine control, including discussion of their performance;
detailed explanation of the use of the Kalman filter to flying machine localization.

To researchers and students in nonlinear control and its applications Modelling and Control of Mini-Flying Machines provides valuable insights to the application of real-time nonlinear techniques in an always challenging area.

Flight: Fliers and Flying Machines (Timelines)

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Flight: Fliers and Flying Machines (Timelines)
David Jefferis
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Airplane (MACHINES AT WORK)
DK Publishing
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Explaining how vehicles help people on farms, construction sites, and other busy places, each of these books answers questions with bright, interesting photographs of machines in different situations to explain how they work and what they do.

The Story of Flight: Early Flying Machines, Balloons, Blimps, Gliders, Warplanes, and Jets (Voyages of Discovery)

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The Story of Flight: Early Flying Machines, Balloons, Blimps, Gliders, Warplanes, and Jets (Voyages of Discovery)

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My Brothers' Flying Machine: Wilbur, Orville, and Me

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My Brothers' Flying Machine

My Brothers' Flying Machine: Wilbur, Orville, and Me
Jane Yolen
Manufacturer: Little, Brown Young Readers
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hen Wilbur and Orville's father brought home a small flying machine, the two brothers tossed the toy in the air over and over until it broke. Their sister, Katherine, watched as they examined and fixed it until it was better than new. Wilbur orchestrated, Orville tinkered, and Katherine encouraged them every step of the way. The toy flying machine was the beginning of a remarkable collaboration, one that would culminate in the first successful airplane flight at Kitty Hawk.

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Loved it!.......2003-04-14

This is a wonderful book! The perspective of this story
from Orville & Wilbur's little sister, Katherine, is
unique and charming. The book reads really well out
loud for all ages, and should be a perfect read-by-myself
book for a 3rd,4th or 5th grade reader. And the
beautiful illustrations, by Jim Burke, set a perfect tone and feel throughout the book. I highly recommend this one!

My Brothers' Flying Machine.......2003-04-11

Jane Yolen is again at her best. She has a delightful way of portraying the Wright Brothers' sibling, Katharine as a strong female character in a usually male-dominated milieu. The reader immediately connects with this protagonist and feels pride in the role Katharine plays in her brothers' history-making event.
After seeing illustrator Jim Burke's breathtaking illustrations in his first book for young people: POETRY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE - WALT WHITMAN, I was delighted to see his work appear side by side with the great Jane Yolen. Burke has captured emotions brilliantly. His attention to detail serves to transport the reader vicariously to Katharine's neighborhood of 100 years ago. A truly budding genius.

Adam Raccoon and the Flying Machine (Keane, Glen, Parables for Kids.)

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Great book....part of a series
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Adam Racoon and the Flying Machine
"Born-Again" indoctrination for the wee ones

Adam Raccoon and the Flying Machine (Keane, Glen, Parables for Kids.)
Glen Keane
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PARABLES FOR KIDS
Let Adam Raccoon and King Aren the Lion help your kids learn biblical truth. Children will see themselves in rascally, fun-loving Adam who wants to follow his King, but finds it so easy to stray. The wise, loving King Aren will remind them of Jesus, their King.

PARABLES FOR KIDS will
Open doors for you to talk with your kids about their relationship to God.
Challenge your kids to follow Jesus.
Entertain your whole family with delightful picture stories.

When Glen Keane isn't writing and illustrating Parables for Kids, he is a directing animator for Walt Disney Pictures. His work has appeared in many animated features including The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Pocahontas. Glen, his wife, and their two children live near Los Angeles, California.

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Quick Studies: James - Revelation.......2007-05-21

I have found this book to be very helpful. It is simplistic and during my lessons I try to elaborate or come up with more creative ways to make the class flow.

It does a good job at bringing out some important issues in each chapter of James - Revelation. But it is definitely a "quick" kind of guide. If you want more in-depth approaches I would recommend using something else.

Great book....part of a series.......2003-02-18

Another great book in the Parables for Kids series. It is wonderful to help children see that in every instance, the Bible really does show us the way to go. This book helps children realize that to go the right way, they need to keep the right focus throughout life. And, that focus should always be on God and His Word, the Bible.

Stealth campaign.......2002-12-01

There's nothing on the cover to indicate that this is anything but a fun, creative children's story with beguiling illustrations. But it soon takes a hard right turn into religious propaganda, very heavy handed and manipulative. Only for those who are trying to make their kids grow up fundamentalist. Whatever happened to stimulating youngster's imaginations and letting them think for themselves?

Adam Racoon and the Flying Machine.......2000-12-14

Adam Racoon and the Flying Machine is a good adventerous book that relates to the lives of children. Sometimes it's hard for children to do what may be best in life. I think this book helps children have a better understanding about their relationships with jesus and the adults around them.

"Born-Again" indoctrination for the wee ones.......1998-10-12

The little racoon (symbolizing your kid) flies a spaceship (his life) which must be run strictly according to the instruction manual (the Bible), as if all of life's questions have simple, clear-cut answers. In comes a bad old goat-professor (symbolizing the Greek ideal of earthly knowledge and dressed like Charles Darwin) to urge the kid to think for himself, which, in the author's view, means trouble. Any parent who inculcates their kid with these notions is guilty of child abuse, and the rest of us will have to defend our rights from him when he grows up and discovers that everyone is not just like his family. The illustrator, Glen Keane, is superb, and a really nice guy, but this book is strictly 700 Club.

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