Flying Machines

Discover the inner workings of eight of the most incredible flying machines of all time in this lift-the-flap book by the best-selling, award-winning illustrator Stephen Biesty. With amazingly detailed drawings and more than forty flaps, young readers can meet some of the early aviators and their pioneering aircraft, peek inside a luxury flying boat, and see the technology of a rocket space plane. Packed with fun facts, this is the perfect introduction to planes and helicopters from all over the world.Biesty's exactingly detailed painted portraits are the stars of the show...Like its series mates from Giant Vehicles (2014) on, a pleaser for fans of big rigs.
—Kirkus ReviewsIan Graham is a children’s writer who has worked on subjects ranging from space exploration and transportion to forensic science.

Stephen Biesty has won several prestigious awards, including the New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year. He is the illustrator of Giant Vehicles, Emergency Vehicles, and Trains, as well as The Story of Buildings and Into the Unknown.