Freedman, Russell. (1991). The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane. New York: Scholastic.

This nonfiction children's book is divided into chapters to tell how the Wright brothers invented the airplane. The story begins with the brothers' childhood and interest in mechanical things, such as tinkering with toys. The book explains that neither brother finished high school or college, but they worked together in a printing press. They eventually started their own bike shop and created their own models, which led way to to their attempt to make a life size airplane. Eventually, they created their first glider. The book also explains that the brothers had many failures in the midst of their successes.
This book would be great to use for history of the Wright brothers and the airplane.
This book could also be used in science when students are going to be asked to make a machine, which was something that I had to do in 8th grade.
If the class is on a biography unit, this could also be used as a resource for any student that chose the Wright brothers.

Book Cover

The video above is a video that students could view around this unit on the Wright Brothers.