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Paper Airplanes You Can Make at Home

A seven-year-old boy receives an old book that turns his fascination with paper airplanes into an extraordinary adventure.

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A seven-year-old boy receives an old book that turns his fascination with paper airplanes into an extraordinary adventure.

Years later, Andrew gives his own seven-year-old son the same mysterious book, continuing a family tradition. This story is illustrated with casual pencil sketches.

The illustrations for this story are intentionally casual pencil sketches.

Folding a paper airplane
Folding a paper airplane
Children surround an empty handmade paper airplane, pointing at its GO button through a cellophane windshield, toward open French doors and a starry sky
The finished airplane faces the open French doors, ready for an extraordinary adventure.
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