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Lightning Bolt Books ® - How Flight Works
How Do Helicopters Work?
Helicopters can take off from almost anywhere and change directions quickly. They can even hover. But how do they stay in the air? And how do pilots control these special aircraft? Read this book to find out!
32 pages, Library Binding
First published September 1, 2012
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February 13, 2024
This review expresses my own personal opinion.
As the title implies, this is a book about what a helicopter is, how they operate, flying a copter, and their many uses.
The book is geared towards elementary age kids. I picked it up for a 4-year-old who was patient enough to have me read through it, but I could tell it was clearly too advanced, although he stuck with it.
This is a straightforward read, technical in nature, not story telling. It is matter of fact writing, which is what you would want for a book that is geared towards an older kid. The explanations of what a helicopter is, its mechanical makeup, operations, the pilots, and uses are crisp, direct, and easy to understand, even for a 4-year-old.
The illustrations are photos of different helicopters, some with them in use, no drawings.
This is a book that talks, which offers the ability to have your child listen on their own as the book reads itself and they turn the pages, or you can read along, explaining areas they might not understand or answer questions they may have.
I give this book a 3-star rating. It hits the intended purpose, which is to educate about helicopters.
As the title implies, this is a book about what a helicopter is, how they operate, flying a copter, and their many uses.
The book is geared towards elementary age kids. I picked it up for a 4-year-old who was patient enough to have me read through it, but I could tell it was clearly too advanced, although he stuck with it.
This is a straightforward read, technical in nature, not story telling. It is matter of fact writing, which is what you would want for a book that is geared towards an older kid. The explanations of what a helicopter is, its mechanical makeup, operations, the pilots, and uses are crisp, direct, and easy to understand, even for a 4-year-old.
The illustrations are photos of different helicopters, some with them in use, no drawings.
This is a book that talks, which offers the ability to have your child listen on their own as the book reads itself and they turn the pages, or you can read along, explaining areas they might not understand or answer questions they may have.
I give this book a 3-star rating. It hits the intended purpose, which is to educate about helicopters.
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January 31, 2018Nonfiction/Twin Text Entry #3
This book was well documented on how helicopters work. It started with the basics and then went to the more complex parts on how a helicopter works. It was a great book if you were doing some research on how helicopters are made.
This reminded me of the fiction book that I read as a child called Budgie the Little helicopter. I just liked these two books because they both are talking about helicopters and the budgie book talks about this little helicopter.
I would say that the nonfiction book that I picked would be more for higher grade level and the the Budgie the Little helicopter more for lower grade levels.
This book was well documented on how helicopters work. It started with the basics and then went to the more complex parts on how a helicopter works. It was a great book if you were doing some research on how helicopters are made.
This reminded me of the fiction book that I read as a child called Budgie the Little helicopter. I just liked these two books because they both are talking about helicopters and the budgie book talks about this little helicopter.
I would say that the nonfiction book that I picked would be more for higher grade level and the the Budgie the Little helicopter more for lower grade levels.
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