Freedman, Russell.

Summary: Follows the lives of the Wright brothers and describes how they developed the first airplane.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1991

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 FRE

Old, Wendie C.

Summary: Traces the work that the two Wright brothers did together to develop the first machine-powered aircraft.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 2002

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 OLD

Slader, Erik

Summary: Describes the lives of the two American brothers who designed, built, and flew the first heavier-than-air aircraft to fly successfully, detailing the many ishaps and misadventures that preceded it.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile book on CD, Call number: J CD 387.7 Slader 2018

Stein, R. Conrad.

Summary: A brief biography of the two famous bicycle makers from Dayton, Ohio, focusing on their efforts to build and fly an airplane, starting with kites and gliders.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Childrens Press 1981

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB WRIGHT STE

Wright, Wilbur

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 1996

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 WRI

Wilgus, Alison

Summary: "In an era of dirigibles and hot air balloons, the Wright brothers were among the first innovators of heavier-than-air flight. But in the hotly competitive international race toward flight, Orville and Wilbur were up against a lot more than bad weather. Mechanical failures, lack of information, and even other aviators complicated the Wright brothers' journey. But thanks to their carefully...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 WIL

Summary: The historic journey of how two Midwestern bicycle mechanics with no formal training prevailed over the world's leading inventors in discovering the secret of flight.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: David Garrigus 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC KIT

Goldstone, Lawrence

Summary: "The feud between this nation's great air pioneers, the Wright brothers and Glenn Curtiss, was a collision of unyielding and profoundly American personalities. On one side, a pair of tenacious siblings who together had solved the centuries-old riddle of powered, heavier-than-air flight. On the other, an audacious motorcycle racer whose innovative aircraft became synonymous in the public mind...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 629.13 GOL

Summary: The all-American story of two Midwestern boys who truly believed they could fly, Orville and Wilbur Wright. Discover little-known facts about these visionary brothers and their flying machines that changed the world.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WRI

Burton, Walt.

Summary: A photographic tribute to the Wright brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk features images of the brothers and their aircraft as well as such memorabilia and souvenirs as vintage postcards, posters, stereopticon images, and toys.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harry N. Abrams 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 629.13 BUR

Buckley, James

Summary: Presents the lives and accomplishments of the Wright brothers, high school dropouts from Dayton, Ohio, who started out repairing bicycles and went on to build and fly the first successful airplane.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Pengion Group (USA) 2014

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 BUC

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WRI

Wescott, Lynanne.

Summary: "An Eastern Acorn Press book"--T.p. verso.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: H.N. Abrams 1983

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.13 WES