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Name: My Brothers' Flying Machine
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Author: Jane Yolen

📘 My Brothers' Flying Machine by Jane Yolen

Celebrating the centennial of the Wright Brothers’ first powered flight, this book presents a first‑hand, sibling perspective of Orville and Wilbur Wright. Told by their sister Katherine, it spans the brothers’ playful experiments with a toy flying machine to the moments that forged their legacy in aeronautics. The narrative follows the beginnings of their collaboration, highlighting the curiosity and ingenuity that led to the historic 1903 flight.

First publish date: 2003

Genre: Children's Fiction/Picture Books

Authors: Jane Yolen

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