The Complete Book Of Kites And Kite Flying

The family from Dim Sum for Everyone! is back for a new outing– building and flying their own kite! The wind is blowing. It is a good day for kites! The whole family makes a trip to the local craft store for paper, glue, and paint. Everyone has a job: Ma-Ma joins sticks together. Ba-Ba glues paper. Mei-Mei cuts whiskers while Jie-Jie paints a laughing mouth. Dragon eyes are added and then everyone attaches the final touch . . . a noisemaker! Now their dragon kite is ready to fly. Kite Flying celebrates the Chinese tradition of kite making and kite flying and lovingly depicts a family bonded by this ancient and modern pleasure.

Easy-to-follow illustrated instructions show how to create more than 50 awesome, airborne objects — everything from simple bag kites to Vietnamese, Snake, Dutch, Dragon, Bullet, Delta, and Flowform flyers.

A visual catalog of the world's classic kites explains how to build and fly everything from box kites to sled kites

Provides step-by-step instruction for designing a variety of kites, and offers tips on material selection and flying techniques.

Controllable kites have been gaining popularity at an extremely rapid rate. Organized competition has spread worldwide. Individual competition started in 1982. Synchronized Team competition started in 1985. World Class competition started in 1990. This book is authored by the individual who set the standards in levels of performance for both individuals & teams. As an individual, he dominated the competition from 1987 through 1989 & was voted "Most Outstanding Flyer of the Year" by his peers in 1988 & 1989. He led his team to National Championships from 1986 through 1992. His team won the first World Championship in 1990. Tens of thousands of consumers are purchasing Controllable Kites every year. These consumers are tapping all available resources, such as public libraries, book stores, & specialty kite stores for instructional information. The 184 pages of KITE PRECISION, YOUR COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE FOR FLYING CONTROLLABLE KITES, answers the call from the consumers in both the Individual & Team categories, with detailed instructional information for the Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced flyers. The presentation includes over 150 photos & diagrams to enhance the information. Contact Ron Reich, at Tutor Text, P.O. Box 1605, Ramona, CA 92065-0895. Phone & FAX (619) 789-7780.

Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return to Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.

Originally published as ""The Penguin Book of,Kites,"" this marvellously illustrated guide has,become rightly known as ""The Kite Flyer's Bible.,It contains all the facts about the construction,and flying of kites and includes over 100 how-to,diagrams, from the simple to the challenging, from,paper to fabric, with all the information,necessary for building kites from scratch. A sure,fire winner, this is a classic work of enduring,value. 33 line drawings. 145 B/W photographs. 100,diagrams.