Giant jumbo jets [Big jobs, big tools!, PowerKids readers. Science]by Rogers, Marie 

BTSB Prebound(PowerKids, 2022)

BTSB #: 761814 Available

Dewey: 629.133/NAges: 4-8   


Genres:

Subjects: Transport planes Jet planes Aerospace engineering

Summary: Readers will discover how engineers design huge airplanes so they can fly. They will also learn about the ins and outs of jumbo jets, including how many people and how much cargo they can hold.

How a satellite is built [Engineering our world]by Bard, Jonathan 

BTSB Prebound(Gareth Stevens, 2021)

BTSB #: 089708 Available

Dewey: 629.43/NAges: 7-10   


Genres:

Subjects: Artificial satellites Industrial research Aerospace engineering

Summary: Explores the complex engineering required to build, test, launch, and analyze satellite systems in use today and includes a look into where this fascinating technology is headed in the future.

Jumbo : the making of the Boeing 747 by Gall, Chris 

BTSB Prebound(Roaring Brook Press, 2020)

BTSB #: 364581 Available

Dewey: 629.13/NAges: 6-8   
AR: 5.6 LG

Genres:

Subjects: Boeing 747 (Jet transports) Transport planes - History Aerospace engineering

Summary: Nonfiction picture book about the making of the Boeing 747, the first jumbo jet.

Sew sister : the untold story of Jean wright and NASA's seamstresses by Matich, Elise 

BTSB Prebound(Tilbury House Publishers, 2023)

BTSB #: 612644 Available

Dewey: 500/CAges: 7-10   
Lexile: 1070

Genres:

Subjects: Wright, Jean (NASA Seamstress) United States.|bNational Aeronautics and Space Administration - Biography Sewing Aerospace engineering Women - Biography

Summary: Specialized quilts, two inches thick, covered the space shuttles and protected the astronauts from deadly heat and radiation. Jean Wright was one of the eighteen "Sew Sisters" who crafted these thermal blankets, mostly by hand, with incredible precision and skill.

Shooting for the stars with a rocket scientist [Get to work! (Gareth Stevens)]by Stoltman, Joan 

BTSB Prebound(Gareth Stevens, 2019)

BTSB #: 856780 Available

Dewey: 629.1/NAges: 7-10   
AR: 4.9 MG

Genres:

Subjects: Aerospace engineering Aerospace engineers Rocketry Astronautics

Summary: Provides an essential outlet for exploration, discovery, and engagement with the cosmos for budding space scientists.