Almost underwear : how a piece of cloth traveled from Kitty Hawk to the Moon and Mars / written and illustrated by Jonathan Roth.
"One day in 1903, the Wright brothers entered a department store in Ohio to buy a bolt of fabric. The plain muslin cloth was most often used to make underwear. As it happens, the Wright brothers were about to wrap the simple cloth around the ribs of a mechanical wing and dramatically change the world. Sixty-six years later, in 1969, Neil Armstrong took a big leap onto the Moon. With him was a swatch of the exact fabric the brothers had purchased in 1903. Fifty-two years after that, in 2021, a small remote-controlled helicopter became the first Earth craft to fly on another planet. Attached to the underside of a cable was a tiny piece of very old cloth--cloth that had almost become underwear. Here is the story of that incredible piece of fabric and the historic "firsts" it stitched together."-- Dust jacket flap.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316525541
- ISBN: 0316525545
- Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 x 29 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Christy Ottaviano Books, Little, Brown and Company, 2024.
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Target Audience Note:
- Ages 4-8. Little, Brown and Company.
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- Creative nonfiction.
Picture books.
Available copies
- 17 of 18 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 18 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Library | JUV 629.1 ROT (Text) | 37810435639405 | Juvenile New Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | E ROTH (Text) | 39493110125384 | Easy Reader | Available | - |
| Danbury Public Library | J 629.1097 ROT JLG (Text) | 30672100418037 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Denton Public Library | J 629.1 ROT (Text) | 25908004468356 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| East Asheville Library | j629.10973 ROT (Text) | 0020660427541 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| High Point Library | J 629.1097 Roth (Text) | 30519020352715 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Hocutt-Ellington Memorial Library | J629.1 Roth (Text) | 39523000207833 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Jacksonville Main Library | E629.1 ROT (Text) | 36015000470811 | Easy Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Kill Devil Hills Library | ON ORDER (Text) | DAR9780316525541K | Juvenile Nonfiction | On order | - |
| Madison Main Library | J 629.1 ROT (Text) | 30229101455011 | Juvenile Fiction Display | Available | - |
