by The Bookologist
H.A. Rey
HMH Books for Young Readers, 1977 (reissue of 1958 edition)
Ages 5 – 8
First George is curious about some bunnies, then about fishing, and then about his friend Billy’s kite. All’s well that ends well. Ages 5 – 8.
Arnold Lobel
1979 HarperCollins
Ages 4 – 8
Five stories with the two famous friends, including “The Kite,” in which Frog’s optimism and Toad’s efforts prevail over the predictions of some nay-saying robins.
Jane Yolen and Ed Young (illustrator)
Philomel, 1988 (reissue)
Ages 4 – 8
Princess Ojeow Seow is the youngest of the Emperor’s children, and no one in the family thinks she’s very special. But when the emperor is imprisoned in a tower, the princess’s kite-building skills prove everyone wrong. 1968 Caldecott Honor book.
Will Hillenbrand
Holiday House, 2012
Ages 3 – 7
Bear and Mole decide it’s the perfect day to fly a kite, but first they have to build one.
Linda Sue Park
Clarion, 2000
Ages 9 and up.
A story about three friends in 15th Century Korea: a boy who builds beautiful kites; his younger brother, who is an expert kite flyer and kite fighter; and a boy who is the king of Korea.
Grace Lin
Knopf, 2002
Ages 4 – 8
Everyone has a job to do when a family builds a dragon kite. Includes cultural and historical notes on kites and kite flying.
Kites for Everyone: How to Make Them and Fly Them
Margaret Greger
Dover Publications, 2006
Ages 8 and up
Easy-to-follow, illustrated instructions for creating and flying more than fifty kites. Includes history and science of kites.
The Kite That Bridged Two Nations: Homan Walsh and the First Niagara Suspension Bridge
Alexis O’Neill, Terry Widener (illustrator)
Calkins Creek, 2013
Ages 8 – 11
True story of 16 year-old Homan Walsh, who loved to fly kites and especially loved to fly kites over the magnificent Niagara Falls that separates New York from Ontario.
Oliver Jeffers
Philomel, 2011
Ages 3 – 7
Floyd’s kite is stuck in a tree! What can he throw that will knock it free? What can he throw that won’t get stuck?