Books with title Helicopters

Three young men, who had served as soldiers together in the Army Air Corps during World War II, meet up again at a helicopter pilot training class in Bridgeport, Connecticut.Tom, Dan and Rod are excited to be learning how to fly this relatively new type of aircraft. As they go through the training, they make beginner mistakes, and then learn how to correct them. The details of this will be fascinating for any young reader interested in flying: “What I told you the other day about having enough altitude was correct, Rod,” explained Chet. “What happened to you today was that you let yourself slip off the air cushion.” “The air cushion!” exclaimed the boys in unison, “what is that?”The story follows the young men as they travel across the United States, on to Australia, Brazil, and Alaska. As they go about life as helicopter pilots, adventures enliven the pages: Dan spots a little boy stranded on a sand bar and brings his ‘copter down to transport him to safety. Tom rescues a man on an overturned boat, and Rod rounds up a flock of straying sheep. Eventually the friends meet up again and make plans to form a business as a helicopter service doing jobs that regular planes can’t handle.Color and b/w illustrations show the parts of a helicopter and details of an instrument panel.The Foreword is by Igor Sikorsky. In 1939 Sikorsky designed and flew the first viable American helicopter, which pioneered the rotor configuration used by most helicopters today.

A teenage girl. A survivalist childhood. And now a bomb strapped to her chest. See the world through her eyes in this harrowing and deeply affecting literary thriller.I’m Valkyrie White. I’m fifteen. Your government killed my family.Ever since Mabby died while picking beans in their garden—with the pock-a-pock of a helicopter overhead—four-year-old Valley knows what her job is: hide in the underground den with her brother, Bo, while Da is working, because Those People will kill them like coyotes. But now, with Da unexpectedly gone and no home to return to, a teenage Valley (now Valkyrie) and her big brother must bring their message to the outside world—a not-so-smart place where little boys wear their names on their backpacks and young men don’t pat down strangers before offering a lift. Blythe Woolston infuses her white-knuckle narrative, set in a day-after-tomorrow Montana, with a dark, trenchant humor and a keen psychological eye. Alternating past-present vignettes in prose as tightly wound as the springs of a clock and as masterfully plotted as a game of chess, she ratchets up the pacing right to the final, explosive end.

To complement the new Tough Stuff series these four colouring books provide an interactive glimpse into the action-packed world of the Tough Team. Early readers can have fun colouring in the exciting illustrations of the action and adventure in Tough World. Parents will appreciate the learning element as they guide their children to tell stories from the pictures and read their first sentences.