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The Wondrous Whirligig
By: Andrew Glass
Copyright: 2003
The wondrous whirligig is a story of two brothers who try to build a duplicate flying toy their father had gifted them. They were inventive boys who took the failure of one invention and used it to invent another. There were many large words that would be unfamiliar to many students. It is possible that a teacher would have to stop after each page and explain one or more words. Granted, most children would be able to follow the story regardless of one or two unknown words. The illustrations were large and looked as though they were sketched and then water paint was used. They were nice pictures, but they did not have a great deal of detail. I thought this was a cute book and I enjoyed reading it. I do however feel that this is a book that would need adult assistance because of the language and words used. It would be a terrific book to preempt a class who is working on inventors; beginning a project of their own; or working on a unit in airplanes.
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