Kristin Earhart
Books
This list of books are ONLY the books that have been ranked on the lists that are aggregated on this site. This is not a comprehensive list of all books by this author.
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1. The Magic School Bus Comes To Its Senses
Comes to Its Senses
In this delightful adventure, Ms. Frizzle takes her class on an extraordinary journey aboard the Magic School Bus to explore the five senses. As the bus transforms into various forms, the students experience firsthand how sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell work in the human body. Through engaging experiments and vivid illustrations, the children learn about the intricate processes behind each sense, making science both fun and educational. With Ms. Frizzle's quirky guidance, the class discovers the wonders of the human sensory system, fostering curiosity and a deeper understanding of how we perceive the world around us.
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2. The Fun Of It
A lively collection of personal essays and reflections that recount the exhilaration, challenges, and practical realities of early aviation, mixing vivid accounts of memorable flights and mishaps with practical observations about flying. It celebrates the spirit of adventure and independence, advocates for broader participation of women in aviation and public life, and offers candid, encouraging advice about overcoming fear and pursuing one’s ambitions.
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3. 20 Hrs., 40 Min.
20 Hrs. 40 Min.: Our Flight in the Friendship is a book written by pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart. It was first published in 1928 by G. P. Putnam's Sons, but has continued to be reprinted in periodic new editions. A special "Author's Autograph Edition" of 150 signed and numbered copies was also produced in 1928. Each copy of this special edition contained a miniature silk American flag carried by Earhart in her flight on the Friendship from Boston to Burry Port, Wales. In this book, Earhart writes about her experiences aboard the 1928 transatlantic flight of the Friendship, which made her the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean by air. The flight, in which Earhart was a passenger, was piloted by Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon. Earhart combines actual log entries made during the flight with recollections of her childhood and how she first became interested in aviation. Towards the end of the book, Earhart has a chapter entitled "Women in Aviation". In this chapter she writes, Possibly the feature of aviation which may appeal most to thoughtful women is its potentiality for peace. The term is not merely an airy phrase. Isolation breeds distrust and differences of outlook. Anything which tends to annihilate distance destroys isolation, and brings the world and its peoples closer together. I think aviation has a chance to increase intimacy, understanding, and far-flung friendships thus.20 Hrs. 40 Min. was the first of two books Earhart would write in her lifetime; the other being 1932's The Fun of It. A third book credited to her, Last Flight, was published posthumously and consisted of diary entries from her ill-fated 1937 flight around the world. National Geographic republished the work in 2003 under its National Geographic Adventure Classics imprint.