A Perfect Paper Plane

by Catherine Stier, Francesca Rosa (Illustrator)

Overview

A young scientist and her friends experiment to develop the ideal design for a paper airplane.

Gracie and her friend Victor want to make the perfect paper plane: one that will fly far without quickly crashing or veering off course. But just as they are starting to make big breakthroughs in their experiments, Victor gets injured and has to stay at home while he recovers. It's up to Gracie to carry on the research and find a way to lift her friend's spirits.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807572740
Publisher:	Whitman, Albert & Company
Publication date:	09/22/2022
Series:	Science Makes It Work
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
Lexile:	AD730L (what's this?)
File size:	59 MB
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Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Catherine Stier is the author of more than 20 children's books including the Science Makes it Work picture book series and the Kirkus star-reviewed A Dog's Day chapter book series. She holds a master’s degree in reading and literacy and has served as a magazine writer, newspaper columnist, and writing instructor. Stier resides in San Antonio, Texas.

Francesca Rosa was born in Italy and is a graduate of the School of Comics in Milan. She spent two years working as a fashion graphic designer before becoming a full-time illustrator. Now she works in her studio in Milan with her husband Lorenzo.

Editorial Reviews

2022-07-13
Another venture in the Science Makes It Work series, this time exploring the mechanics of flight.

Gracie and Victor are paper-airplane aficionados, so much so that their teacher asks them to have a paper-airplane booth at the school’s Fun Fair. But Victor accidentally breaks his foot and misses the fair. Gracie and their friends decide to cheer him up with well wishes written on a fleet of paper airplanes that will soar into his backyard. But first, they need to figure out how to make the best airplane that will fly straight and far. They set up an experiment and learn about drag, thrust, lift, and weight. Using leftover Fun Fair flyers (reuse is appreciated), the group creates a multitude of colorful, carefully crafted planes that fly their cheery messages directly to Victor. The plot is slight, merely a vehicle to introduce the technical aspects of flight. But for young readers curious about flight, it is a start. Readers may wish to follow the characters’ examples and make their own airplanes, but there are no folding instructions other than a basic design on a small computer screen on one of the spreads. Rosa’s illustrations are pedestrian but cheery. Gracie is light-skinned, Victor is brown-skinned, and their friends are diverse. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

A primer on flight that doesn’t quite take off. (Informational picture book. 4-7)

Kirkus Reviews