This is the story of Jack, who wanted to fly from the day he was a toddler. When, as a boy, people asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up, Jack would answer, "A pilot!" But by the time he got old enough, he had to go to war. Later, he raised a family, and instilled in his children a love for flying. Though time and circumstance kept him from soaring through the air, he never gave up his dream. Kathye Fetsko Petrie's heartwarming story, with spirited illustrations by Paula J. Mahoney, tells of family love, faith, and the power of dreams. With a foreword by Reeve Lindbergh, here is the story of one man's passion for flight as it unfolds against milestones of American aviation history.

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Boyds Mills Press .

Reeve Lindbergh, daughter of aviation pioneers Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, is the author of numerous books for children, including View from the Air: Charles Lindbergh's Earth and Sky. Kathye Fetsko Petrie, whose father is a pilot, grew up around airplanes and helicopters. She lives in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Paula J. Mahoney is the illustrator of The Curse of Graycrag Castle and Do You Know the Sound of Throwing Stars Far? She lives in Chesterfield, Missouri.