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Lewis, J. Patrick

Skywriting: Poems to Fly

32 pp. | Creative Editions | September, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-1-56846-203-5 $17.95

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Laszlo Kubinyi. Humankind's dreams of flight--inspirational, delusional, ambitious--are celebrated in thirteen chronological poems, from Icarus's mythical flight to the space shuttle Columbia's 2002 mission. Pleasingly catchy and humor-imbued, the verses aptly convey the wonder and excitement of inventions that soared as well as those that never get off the ground. Detailed crosshatched illustrations capture the awe-inspiring nature of the innovations. Timeline.

Reviewer: Carolyn Shute