Reviews

Sprouting Wings: The True Story of James Herman Banning, the First African American Pilot to Fly Across the United States by Louisa Jaggar, Shari Becker

jennyfurhh's review

adventurous inspiring reflective

5.0

doodle1212's review

inspiring medium-paced

3.5

This has a bunch of spoilers.

Ok so first of all I’m not a fan of biography’s/autobiography’s and this started boring but it ending up being pretty smooth. It’s medium paced, because it’s not slow or fast. And it’s not as boring as it starts... it’s about a kid who wants to drive a plane and blah blah blah, but they end up flying a plane! It got me a little tear-eyed, but it’s ok!

libraryrobin's review against another edition

4.0

Fascinating true adventure of the first African American pilot to complete a transcontinental flight. Exciting!

id_rather_be_reading_'s review

adventurous challenging hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Sprouting Wings is the story of James Herman Manning, A Black aviation pioneer. In 1932, James Banning, accompanied by Thomas C. Allen, became America's first black aviator to fly coast-to-coast. I am always floored by the lives of the many hidden figures I learn about when reading picture book biographies. I'd never heard of James Banning prior t0 reading this book . I am so grateful that the lives of extraordinary African Americans are being written about more frequently so that children are able to bear witness to the many great contributions of Black people to our nation's history.