Karen E. Bledsoe – författare

Join the Chinese New Year celebration by making fun crafts! Follow these easy-to-follow directions and traceable patterns to create a dragon costume, ribbon lantern, Chinese papercuts, and more!

Fighter planes were made famous by the movie Top Gun, but they were first used during World War I and have become a standard symbol for the military. Through first-hand interviews, readers learn about the development and evolution of fighter planes, when and how they are used, and what it''s like to be the pilots who fly them and the engineers who fix them.

The military uses helicopters for many reasons. Each chopper is designed for its specific purpose: transporting goods and troops, sending rockets and missiles at the enemy, or some combination thereof. Readers learn about the different kinds of military helicopters from the men and women who use them every day.