The Wright Brothers: The Bicycle-Shop Boys Who Taught the World to Fly

Show Notes

Could a person ever really fly? Two brothers who fixed bicycles for a living decided to find out. Meet Wilbur and Orville Wright: the bicycle-shop brothers who asked a smarter question than everyone else and made the first flight in history. The big idea: ask a better question, then test and fail and fix until it flies. A true story for curious kids, ages 6 and up. Part of Little Mavericks.

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True stories of real people who did what everyone said was impossible. A big-wave surfer, a scientist, an inventor, an explorer, an artist. Every episode is one maverick's story, told as an adventure for curious kids, and it ends with one big idea worth keeping. Living legends and history's boldest, side by side. Made for ages 6 and up, and the grown-ups listening along.

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