{"product_id":"sky-high-soaring-history-of-aviation","title":"Sky High: A Soaring History Of Aviation","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eIf your child has ever pressed their face against a plane window and asked how on earth this enormous metal thing is staying up, this is the book that actually answers them — in the most spectacular way possible. Told as a comic album (112 pages, proper comic-book size at 37 x 27 cm), it covers everything from Leonardo da Vinci's wildest sketches to the Wright brothers' first terrifying wobble off the ground, with radar, parachutes, rotors and more in between. Honestly, you'll learn something too. We promise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe love it because:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt answers the questions children actually ask: how does a plane not fall? How does a parachute know when to open? Wings or rotors, which wins?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe comic-album format makes genuinely complex engineering feel exciting and completely accessible\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt spans the whole wild history of human flight, from Renaissance dreamers to modern aviation, through an ensemble cast of brilliant, obsessive inventors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe illustrations are full-colour and gorgeous throughout, at a size that really lets them breathe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt reads like an adventure, not a textbook\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat's in the box:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne hardback copy of Sky High: A Soaring History of Aviation by Jacek Ambrozewski, published by Thames \u0026amp; Hudson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGreat for:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAges 8 and up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChildren who are into science, history, engineering or just things that go very fast very high up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA gift that genuinely gets read, not shelved\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCurious readers who like their facts delivered with drama and great pictures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSchool projects, bedside tables, and long rainy weekends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImportant to know:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardback, 112 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 37 x 27 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull colour illustrations throughout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuitable from age 8 upwards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished 19 October 2023, ISBN 9780500653418\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Book Shelf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55280098574712,"sku":"01-BOOKSHASH","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1568\/1037\/files\/sky-high-a-soaring-history-of-aviation-cover.jpg?v=1782042564","url":"https:\/\/www.mysmallworld.co.uk\/products\/sky-high-soaring-history-of-aviation","provider":"My Small World Toy Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}