Flying Ace: The Story of Amelia Earhart

by Angela Bull

Amelia Earhart may be one of the most famous women in history. Initially recognized as the first woman to fly the Atlantic, she went on to perform many other amazing airborne feats, including a solo Atlantic flight, another from Hawaii to California, and, possibly her most legendary trip ever, an ill-fated attempt to fly around the world. This flight ended abruptly and mysteriously over the Pacific, when Earhart lost radio contact with a Coast Guard crew, the last people to hear her voice before she disappeared forever.

Angela Bull tells the story of the fearless aviator in Flying Ace, a Level 4 book in Dorling Kindersley's four-level learning-to-read series. Additional sidebar information (about prohibition, navigational tools, 1920s and '30s fashion, other aviator heroes, etc.) and a glossary are included for a thorough exploration of the times and places in which Earhart lived and worked. The multilevel reading program offers age-appropriate stories for all the early reader levels, preschool through grade 4. Level 4, for proficient readers in grades 2 through 4, utilizes rich vocabulary and more challenging sentence structures to encourage children to expand their reading skills and general knowledge, and to develop a love of reading. DK is known for its visual style, using dramatic photographs and illustrations and engaging text to motivate young children to "learn to read--then read to learn!" (Ages 7 to 10) --Emilie Coulter

Genres: History, Childrens, Transport

48 pages, Library Binding

First published April 1, 2000

About the author

Angela Bull (Mary, née Leach) was born at Halifax, Yorkshire, England on September 28, 1936.
She was educated at Badminton School and at Edinburgh University where she graduated with honours in English 1959.

Reviews

[Claire Binkley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some of this trivia I knew and some of it I did not. It is always worthwhile to pick up an interesting book in my opinion, even if it looks like it might be "underwhelming" or "a waste of time," since some of it is handy later on, like the curiosity to look into aerodynamics & such.

Who knows what happened to Amelia Earhart? I originally became acquainted with the name when I was learning Latin I in middle school long ago - Aemilia was the name of the mother character in my textbook.

So I liked this book and think you would too.

[Mellanie C · Rating 4 out of 5]

The older kids at my school will probably find this interesting. I'm just bumping into Amelia Earhart all over the place lately. This is my third book about her or where she's referenced in just a week or so!

[Heather Brownlee · Rating 4 out of 5]

There was a lot of information in this text about Amelia Earhart. As it was aimed at children I am not sure if it was too much text. I liked that there were illustrations as well as real pictures. They also had pictures included to show what was going on in society at the time. I think that without the images included this would have been a more boring text that I wouldn't recommend. The pictures saved it for me, but I would recommend to a more advanced reader.