Did you know that a famous opera singer was the first woman to fly high in the sky? Or that in 1998, the first female Emirati pilot took off into the clouds? Jump into the exciting book, When She Took to the Sky, and discover the amazing stories of 30 women from all over the world who all shared one dream: they wanted to fly.
With every page, you'll meet a new and inspiring woman, from the daring balloonists of hundreds of years ago to the first women piloting planes, all the way to the trailblazing women journeying into space today. In this book you'll learn about many of those women, including Amelia Earhart, Lotfia Elnadi, Raymonde de Laroche, Aysha Alhameli, Sally Ride, Fiorenza De Bernardi, Rayyanah Barnawi, and many others.This book gives a special shout-out to Arab women pilots, and it's packed with adventure and learning. It's a fantastic read about the aviation world for everyone who loves stories that are both fun and enlightening.