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Ultimate Paper Airplanes for Kids: The Best Guide to Paper Airplanes!: Includes Instruction Book with 12 Innovative Designs & 48 Tear-Out Paper Planes by Andrew Dewar

Andrew Dewar . Unknown Year . English

**Winner of the 2016 Creative Child Magazine Product of the Year Award** Kids will love to fold and fly these sturdy, aerodynamic paper airplanes! In this clever origami book with folding papers, paper airplane expert Andrew Dewar presents his ultimate collection of easy-to-fold, high-performance planes for kids who are fascinated by aviation, technology, or origami. These planes are brightly colored and designed to fly beautifully every time. Some of the exciting designs include: The intimidating Hammerhead The futuristic Space Cruiser The hilariously named Belly Button And many more! The book opens with a fascinating introduction to the engineering principles of flight, so kids can learn about the forces that enable a plane to fly and affect the performance of their airplane designs. They'll have fun putting the paper planes through their paces: doing loops, barrel rolls, glides and dives. The sky is the limit once they understand how planes interact with the atmosphere! This paper airplane book contains: 12 innovative designs 48 pre-cut paper airplane models Detailed instructions for each paper plane Special, durable lightweight cardstock Printed folding lines for perfect folds Colorful and realistic designs A pull-out airport runway for landing maneuvers Become a tried-and-true aviator with this paper airplane kit. Designed for both kids and kids-at-heart, the whole family will enjoy seeing their projects come to life!

Categories: Engineering & Applied Technology

About the Author

Andrew Dewar (1961- ) was born in Toronto, Ontario, and attended Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (Journalism) and University of Toronto (Japanese Studies, Library and Information Science) before moving to Japan in 1988. After doctoral studies in library science at Keio University, he joined the faculty of a junior college. Shortly after arriving in Japan he rediscovered his childhood hobby of designing and flying paper airplanes, after renewing contact with Yasuaki Ninomiya (creator of WhiteWings), with whom he had corresponded as a child. His own first book was published in 1998, in Japanese. To date he has 29 publications, about half in Japanese and half in English, with more on the way. He has expanded beyond paper airplanes to other kinds of paper engineering: papercraft, origami collections, karakuri toys that move in interesting ways, a planetarium, working astronomical instruments, dinosaurs, and more. He also teaches paper airplane workshops and does seminars at schools, libraries, community centres, and museums, for people of all ages: children, families, and seniors. He lives with his family in Gifu, Japan, where he is a professor of library science, the principal of a kindergarten, and director of Kami Papercraft Workshop.

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