Night Flight : Amelia Earhart Crosses the Atlantic (Hardcover)

from matthewbloome

This book was incredible. I loved it. Not only is it a powerfully written biography; the literary devices are everywhere in this text. It doesn't get much better than this. Even the details of the illustration are incredible. The detail is above and beyond what anybody could expect. The endnotes ...

from carolinetownsend

I really liked this story! I absolutely loved the writing. The words painted a picture in my mind "The moon peeks between wisps of shimmering clouds. Distant stars flicker and fade. Her mind soars". Another feature that I liked in this story was the language and repetition used to emphasize the d...

from Booklady123

Night Flight is about Amelia Earhart's 1932 historic solo flight from Newfoundland to Ireland. Earlier this year, my third grade students had several lessons on historical fact vs. historical fiction. One of the topics we covered was Amelia Earhart. They became very interested in learning about t...

from DayehSensei

I LOVE this nontraditional biographical snapshot of Amelia Earhart. The illustrations are incredibly gorgeous, and the simple, informative, yet poetic text matches it in beauty. Students who wouldn't normally be interested in aviation and/or Amelia Earhart will have their curiosity piqued with th...

from AnnaMoody

At first I thought this book was going to be about her last plane flight in which she was never found. I was very confused as to how they received all the information about the flight. But then as I kept reading i found out she had gone on more than one flight. Which, I did not know. So, the book...