02378cam a2200433 i 4500 437436716 TxAuBib 20200916120000.0 191108s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781629799384 1629799386 (OCoLC)1129217959 TxAuBib rda Larson, Kirsten W.,. Wood, wire, wings : Emma Lilian Todd invents an airplane / Kirsten W. Larson ; illustrated by Tracy Subisak. First edition. New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane, [2020] 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. "Emma Lilian Todd's mind was always soaring--she loved to solve problems. Lilian tinkered and fiddled with all sorts of objects, turning dreams into useful inventions. As a child, she took apart and reassembled clocks to figure out how they worked. As an adult, typing up patents at the U.S. Patent Office, Lilian built the inventions in her mind, including many designs for flying machines. However, they all seemed too impractical. Lilian knew she could design one that worked. She took inspiration from both nature and her many failures, driving herself to perfect the design that would eventually successfully fly." -- (Source of summary not specified.) MADE POSSIBLE BY A DONATION FROM THE PILCROW FOUNDATION AND HAL BERENSON AND LAURA ACKERMAN. 20200916. Todd, Emma Lilian, 1865-1937 Juvenile literature. Aeronautics United States Biography Juvenile literature. Women engineers United States Biography Juvenile literature. Women inventors United States Biography Juvenile literature. Women air pilots United States Biography Juvenile literature. Airplanes United States History Juvenile literature. Women United States Biography Juvenile literature. Biographies. Picture books. Subisak, Tracy,.