Ms. Kreul’s Class Blog

The Wright Brothers
By Deana

What was it like building the first plane to fly on its own power? The Wright Brothers was written by George Sullivan and primary sources from The Wright Brothers diary.

The Wright Brothers got their inspiration from Otto Lilienthal, who died in the year of 1891. The Wright Brothers had two major flying sites Kitty Hawk and Huffman Prairie. The first site was Kitty Hawk; they made a lot of progress there with the help of some friends and family. The Wright family had five children, four boys, and one girl. Their names were Wilbur, Orville, Lorin, Reuchlin, and Katharine the only girl. Their parents names were Susan Wright their mother, and Bishop Milton Wright their father.

A couple of reasons why I like this book is because the brothers did not spend day and night working on the plane. They had a few other hobbies like, they made a neighborhood newspaper, and they owned a bicycle shop together. That helps out a lot with putting the pieces together. Another is they didn’t work alone on those projects; they had help from other neighbors, family and friends. They had people that were just being nice.

The Wright Brothers is one book from the series “In Their Own Words.” They have other books like Lewis and Clark, Helen Killer, Davy Crockett, Betsy Ross, and Pocahontas. I would recommend this book to third, fourth, and fifth graders. Building the plane must have been an awesome adventure for them.