Wind flyers, by Angela Johnson ; illustrated by Loren Long
Type
Label
Wind flyers, by Angela Johnson ; illustrated by Loren Long
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Ages 4-9
Main title
Wind flyers
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
820963420
Responsibility statement
by Angela Johnson ; illustrated by Loren Long
Runtime
7
Summary
A young African-American boy tells about his great-great-uncle who was 'a wind flyer.' He describes his uncle's lifelong passion for aviation, from his boyhood attempts at flight by jumping off the roof of a chicken coop to his eventual career as a Tuskegee Airman. Uncle reminisces about the brave young Tuskegee wind flyers and occasionally takes the boy on a flight 'into the wind, against the wind, beyond the wind
Target audience
juvenile
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Windflyers
Subject
- Children's films
- World War, 1939-1945 + Aerial operations, American -- Juvenile drama
- World War, 1939-1945 + Participation, African American -- Juvenile films
- Tuskegee Army Air Field (Ala.) -- Juvenile films
- World War, 1939-1945 + Aerial operations, American -- Juvenile films
- World War, 1939-1945 + Participation, African American -- Juvenile drama
- Fiction films
- African American air pilots -- Juvenile films
Illustrator
Mapped to
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor3
- Genre2
- Subject8
- Children's films
- World War, 1939-1945 + Aerial operations, American -- Juvenile drama
- World War, 1939-1945 + Participation, African American -- Juvenile films
- Tuskegee Army Air Field (Ala.) -- Juvenile films
- World War, 1939-1945 + Aerial operations, American -- Juvenile films
- World War, 1939-1945 + Participation, African American -- Juvenile drama
- Fiction films
- African American air pilots -- Juvenile films
- Illustrator1
- Mapped to1