About this item
Your kids will love to fold and fly these sturdy, aerodynamic paper airplanes!In this brand new book with folding papers, paper airplane expert Andrew Dewar presents his ultimate collection of easy-to-fold, high-performance planes for kids who are fascinated by paper or origami airplanes. These planes are brightly colored and designed to fly beautifully each and every time.The book opens with a fascinating primer to the principles of flight so kids can learn about the forces that enable a plane to fly and affect the performance of their planes. They'll have fun coaxing the planes through their paces: doing loops, barrel rolls, glides and dives. The sky is the limit once they understand how planes interact with the atmosphere!This paper airplanes kit contains: Detailed instructions for each paper plane 48 pre-cut paper airplane models Special durable lightweight cardstock Printed folding lines for perfect folds Colorful and realistic designs A pull-out airport runway for landing maneuvers.
About the Author
Andrew Dewar (1961- ) was born in Toronto, Ontario, and attended Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (Journalism) and University of Toronto (Japanese Studies, Library and Information Science) before moving to Japan in 1988. After doctoral studies in library science at Keio University, he joined the faculty of a junior college. Shortly after arriving in Japan he rediscovered his childhood hobby of designing and flying paper airplanes, after renewing contact with Yasuaki Ninomiya (creator of WhiteWings) , with whom he had corresponded as a child.
His own first book was published in 1998, in Japanese. To date he has 29 publications, about half in Japanese and half in English, with more on the way. He has expanded beyond paper airplanes to other kinds of paper engineering: papercraft, origami collections, karakuri toys that move in interesting ways, a planetarium, working astronomical instruments, dinosaurs, and more.
He also teaches paper airplane workshops and does seminars at schools, libraries, community centres, and museums, for people of all ages: children, families, and seniors. He lives with his family in Gifu, Japan, where he is a professor of library science, the principal of a kindergarten, and director of Kami Papercraft Workshop.
