This book is filled with creative projects that make the paper-airplane experience a little more quirky.

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The Dobesh family makes the decision to stay in their homeland and brace themselves for what is to come. Because the folds can be a little complicated, this is best suited for adults (or children who have a lot of adult supervision).With clear instructions and eye-catching, well-printed graphics, it walks you through 10 paper planes that fly very well, with fanciful names like the Flying Ninja and the Pteroplane. The book also contains photos from the film, some tips how to make a paper plane and a few other things. Paper Planes is a little different in that it’s a book based on the screenplay by Robert Connolly and Steve Worland. Dylan has to contend with the school bully, a super competitive fellow paper plane whiz, his first feelings for a girl and his father’s deep depression and withdrawal from life.

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When it’s time to show your kids how to fold a humble piece of paper into a soaring jet,don’t stumble around andhastily construct one from the poor memory of your youth — one that takes a disappointing nosedive as soon as it leaves yourfingertips. Added to its hangar of proven fliers—includingValkyrie,Hammerhead,Vortex,Condor,Pterodactyl, and, of course, the famousWorld Record Paper Airplane—that makes twenty airworthy designs. This book is based on the motion picture screenplay by Robert Connolly and Steve Worland and the plot is inspired by Dylan Parker and James Norton, ‘The Paper Pilots’; although it is not their story, which is kind of a shame because Dylan Parker went through his own tribulations while preparing for a championship. She’s the recipient of multiple arts grants, a Premier’s Reading Challenge Ambassador, and a former literary festival board member. Based on the charming children’s film with the same name, Paper Planes is a classic Aussie underdog story about 12 yo Dylan, who has lost his mother and lives with his grieving father in a West Australian outback town.Fold the corners in yet again so that their edge meets both the edge of the top flap and the crease from Step 7. A school paper plane competition uncovers a hidden talent, and Dylan must persist in solving the problem of dynamic, long-distance flight if he is to make the international championships. Dylan is an imaginative twelve-year-old boy who discovers that his talent for folding and flying paper planes could take him to the World Paper Plane Championship.

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Being able to interact with this story and create planes makes the readers think about the paper plane and its symbolic meaning. Before reading this I didn’t even know there was a World Paper Plane Championships but google tells me that it is apparently true! It's also not a difficult book so great for younger readers and a great opportunity for a new generation of kids fascinated with paper planes.

The reader experiences the story through the eyes of Niko, a frightened boy who allows the reader to see what he sees, and feel what he feels. When he discovers he has a talent for folding and flying paper planes, Dylan begins a journey to reach the World Junior Paper Plane Championships in Japan.