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Gertrude the cow has a mind of her own and when she takes to flying, Miss Rosemary tries everything to coax her down from the sky.

While riding on a bus with her grandmother, a little girl imagines that they are carried up into the sky and fly over the sights of New York City.

Explains the basic science of flight, the problems of getting vehicles into the air, different types of engines, and aircraft design.

Pictures and text describe how animals fly and glide.

After his family moves to a different part of town, Matthew tries to get back to his old house by trying on different pairs of wings in an unusual wing shop.

Using determination and vision, Clorinda the cow and her friend Hop the pig build a variety of flying machines, hoping to fulfill her desire to take flight.

Young Rudy Soto learns about freedom as he struggles to understand why he cannot fly and the red-tailed hawk he calls brother must.

Opus the penguin makes a Christmas wish that he might fly.

Ms. Frizzle's students learn all about how airplanes fly when the zany teacher shrinks them to thumb size and takes to the skies in a model plane.

Text and color photos provide basic information on the history of airplanes; also includes a glossary and a further reading list with Web sites.

Max, the young son of superheroes, is a late bloomer when it comes to flying, until he is inspired by the plight of a falling baby bird.

Gray, a young cat picked from its litter to be a mouser on a farm, is befriended by Flea, a baby bird who refuses to fly, and must give Flea the confidence to take wing before winter comes.

Presents the featured story in which a young girl dreams of flying above her Harlem home, claiming all she sees for herself and her family, and includes visits to a tar beach on an urban rooftop and to the George Washington Bridge, and reviews of related books.

A runt piglet born with deformed front feet is coached in swimming by a duck and an otter and, when the pig farm is flooded, becomes a hero.