Kites for Everyone: How to Make and Fly Them (Paperback)

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"The most influential kitemaker you never heard of." -- American Kite. This thorough guide by an expert kitemaker includes easy-to-follow, illustrated instructions for creating and flying more than fifty kites. An easy and comprehensive introduction for anyone interested in these amazing flyers, the book opens with the history and science of kites, followed by a section on kite construction and flying. Organized according to kite types, Greger's book includes chapters on everything from simple bag kites to Vietnamese, Snake, Dutch, Dragon, Bullet, Delta, and Flowform flyers. She even tells how to make windsocks and toy parachutes
The book is a great aid for classroom teachers, camp counselors, and parents, offering practical suggestions on everything from setting up a workspace and observing safety rules to launching the kites and bringing them in. "Kites for Everyone is like having a veteran kite maker in the classroom," says Science and Children.

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Reprint of the Richland, Washington, 2003 edition.
Product Details
ISBN: 9780486452951
ISBN-10: 0486452956
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publication Date: October 27th, 2006
Pages: 121
Language: English