Deschutes Public Library

Anne's grandfather tells how he became interested in flying in the early days of flight when barnstorming was popular.

Describes and pictures what happens from the time an airplane passenger arrives at an airport and boards an airplane until the plane is in the air.

Pages from the recently discovered diary of Captain Manuel J. Arsenio, in which are recorded his many failed attempts to create a flying machine, starting in the 1780s with the Motocanary, progressing through the Aerial Submarine, the Hamstertronic, and three other disasters.

A farm boy meets his hero, Colonel Charles Lindbergh, when he lands his bi-plane in a field near Canton, Mississippi, in 1929.

Young Violet's only friend is her dog, Orville, until one of her homemade flying machines takes her to the rescue of a Boy Scout troop in trouble.

When the spectacular, sparkling explosions at a popular tourist sight slow down, Hedgie the hedgehog is the only one capable of flying to tiny planet Mikkop to see what is wrong.

A young girl builds her own airplane and flies around the world, "freezing in Finland," "charmed by China," and getting "a kick out of Kenya"--before returning home for dinner.

A sassy Siamese cat stows away on a hot air balloon and ends up taking a fur-raising flight across the mountains.

Simple text and illustrations present different types of airplanes and the work they do.

An airplane takes off, flies, and lands after having passed over cities, country areas, lakes, and more.

A penguin that longs to fly has his dream come true when he finds an old airplane.

Rhyming text describes the many sounds associated with an airplane flight and what they mean. Includes a section with more facts about airplanes.

A child whose grandfather was an astronaut always asks Grandpa for a bedtime story in which the two of them blast off for the moon together.

A rodent reporter from the "Mouse News" travels from Dayton, Ohio, to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, to cover Wilbur and Orville Wright's historic 1903 flight.

Illustrations and rhyming text celebrate different kinds of airplanes and what they can do.

Follows a young traveler through his first airplane ride, from takeoff to touchdown.

Woggy and Cosmos, a toy dog and a toy airplane, go on an adventure in Paris.

Stranded on the moon after his extraordinary airplane takes him into outer space, a boy meets a marooned young Martian with a broken spacecraft, and the two new friends work together to return to their respective homes.

A girl preparing to visit her seriously ill uncle in the hospital imagines being a skywriter and flying over his bed with a message of love.

Using determination and vision, Clorinda the cow and her friend Hop the pig build a variety of flying machines, hoping to fulfill her desire to take flight.

A poem describing the sights and sensations of flying in an airplane.

Easy-to-read, rhyming text describes the sounds of, and uses for, different kinds of airplanes.

A young boy looks at a plane in the sky and imagines flying one all the way to the moon.

A naughty teddy bear, in contrast with his well-behaved owner, ignores all the rules and disrupts their first airplane trip.

Henry Bear plans to search for his father, who left a park in Henry's care when he went off in a hot air balloon.

Rhyming text introduces air travel, from the airport to the flight deck, with information about how planes fly, safety rules, in-flight entertainment, and air traffic control.

Angela's father gets lost at an airport which gives Angela an opportunity to fly an airplane, crash the airplane; and, than grow up to be a airplane pilot.

In 1907 Columbus, Ohio, fourteen-year-old Cromwell Dixon, aided by his mother, begins building the flying bicycle he has invented to enter in the St. Louis Air Ship Carnival. Includes facts about Dixon's life as an aviation pioneer.

Before Stella's father comes in to tell her a bedtime story, Stella takes a little trip in a spaceship.

A child describes his airplane trip to visit his cousins.

Something always seems to go wrong when Rabbit is around, but Mouse lets him play with his toy plane anyway because he is his good friend.

Although he cannot fly like the birds, Toad finds a way to take to the air.

A boy pretends to be on a flight mission while cleaning his room.

Walter the giraffe builds an airplane, but when Sonny the turtle wants to accompany him on his maiden flight, Walter ignores his request.

Lettice Rabbit wishes she could fly, and her dream comes true when she encounters a pink toy airplane.

A child celebrates his love of planes by naming his favorite kinds and their notable characteristics.

Coco the chicken takes all manner of transportation, including a taxi, train, camel, plane, spaceship, skateboard, and parachute, to get to Grandma's house.

Simple text and photographs present the experience of taking a ride on an airplane.

Ellie and her brother Gill go to an air show with their father.

Commander Toad leads the lean green space machine "Star Warts" to find new worlds but runs into trouble when he sets course for home.