Author : Maxwell Eden
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 32,44 MB
Release : 2002-08
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781402700941
Provides step-by-step instruction for designing a variety of kites, and offers tips on material selection and flying techniques.
Author : Wayne Hosking
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 14,12 MB
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1462919936
Kids will learn how to make colorful kites while exploring Asian culture and history with this easy-to-follow craft book for kids. Fun to build and exciting to fly, kites are a universal expression of joy and wonder for enthusiasts of all ages. Asian Kites for Kids features kite building projects that are beautiful and functional--ideal for teachers, camp counselors, parents, and budding young kite makers themselves. Kite making is a traditional Asian craft and an essential aspect of folklore that uses everyday materials to create beautiful works of art. In fact, kites are just as much fun to build as they are to fly! The colorful, easy-to-follow instructions will have readers building and flying fifteen different models from across Asia, including China, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, and Korea. With Asian Kites for Kids readers will learn to build: A Butterfly kite from China A Cobra kite from Thailand A Mini kite from Malaysia A Shield kite from Korea An Octopus kite from Japan and much more! This book includes sections on safety, the anatomy of kites, troubleshooting tips, as well as an index of online retailers and resources. Spend hours of fun with your kids and friends crafting handmade Asian kites, and then watching your original creations soar.
Author : Margaret Greger
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 47,78 MB
Release : 2013-04-09
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 0486318001
Easy-to-follow illustrated instructions show how to create more than 50 awesome, airborne objects — everything from simple bag kites to Vietnamese, Snake, Dutch, Dragon, Bullet, Delta, and Flowform flyers.
Author : Tom Bowser
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 38,17 MB
Release : 2021-06-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1788852850
Shortlisted for the Saltire Society First Book of the Year Award Red kites were once Britain's most common bird of prey. By the early 1900s they'd been wiped out in Scotland and England following centuries of ruthless persecution. When some reintroduced kites began roosting on their 1,400-acre farm at Argaty in Perthshire, Tom Bowser's parents, Lynn and Niall, decided to turn their estate into a safe haven. They began feeding the birds and invited the world to come and see them, learn about them and fall in love with them. A Sky Full of Kites is the story of the Argaty Red Kite project, and the re-establishing of these magnificent raptors to Scotland, but it is also much more than that. Ill at ease with the traditional rural values of livestock farming, Lynn and Niall's son Tom, who returned to work on the farm after a career in journalism, reveals his passion for nature and his desire to dedicate his family's land to conservation.
Author : Maxwell Eden
Publisher : Sterling Publishing (NY)
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 14,95 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN :
Appendices cover kite clubs, kite events and festivals, and stunt kiting organizations and events.
Author : Dennis Haseley
Publisher :
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 29,64 MB
Release : 1986
Category :
ISBN :
A father sends his magnificent kites soaring through the sky to express his feelings toward his restless son.
Author : Glenn Davison
Publisher :
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 49,26 MB
Release : 2020-06-25
Category :
ISBN :
Mass-produced kites from a store will never match the creative expression, satisfaction, and fun of flying that you will receive from a kite you design and build yourself. You'll discover a special joy from seeing your design flying high in the sky. It's easier than you think -- this book provides step-by-step guidance on how to create your own kites, whether simple or complex, and send your imagination soaring.
Author : Khaled Hosseini
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 11,55 MB
Release : 2011-09-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 140882485X
Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return to Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.
Author : Bruce Edward Hall
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,69 MB
Release : 2004-06-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0399237275
Everyone knows that kids from Chinatown don't go to the park when the kids from Little Italy are there. They're rough, they're big, and they don't like Chinese kids. That's okay-Henry doesn't like them, either. But what Henry does like are kites. He loves them. Even more, he loves to help his friend Grandfather Chin make them, and fly them over Chinatown and the park. But when Tony Guglione and his friends from Little Italy keep throwing rocks and destroying their beautiful creations, Henry and his friends decide enough is enough! In this touching story based on true 1920's events, two rival groups of children representing two different cultures come face to face, and when they do, they find they share much more than just the same sky.
Author : Mark Z. Danielewski
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 45,65 MB
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 152474770X
We all have fears, but if we can’t face the small ones how will we face the big ones? Kai is afraid to fly a little blue kite. But Kai is also very, very brave, and overcoming this small fear will lead him on a great adventure. Remember: all great adventures start with one little moment. You know the one. It’s like a gentle breeze whispering in your ear what you already know by heart: not even the sky is the limit . . . The only other thing you might want to know about this book is that there are at least three ways to read it. The first way takes only a few minutes. Just follow the rainbow-colored words. The second takes only a little bit longer. Just follow the words haloed with blue and red and the rainbow words too. For the third way, just start at the beginning.
