# Universal Bibliography/Kites

This part of the Universal Bibliography is a bibliography of kites.
Kites
* Cheryl Jakab. Kites. Nelson Thomson. 2001.
* Carole Davis. Kites. (Thematic Units). Teacher Created Materials. 2000.
* Wayne Hosking. Kites. Bdd. 1992: . Friedman/Fairfax Publishers. 1994:
* Ron Moulton and Pat Lloyd. Kites: A Practical Handbook. Argus Books. Hemel Hempstead. 1992. Transatlantic Publishers. Los Angeles. 1997. Kites: A Practical Handbook for the Modern Kite Flier. Nexus Special Interests. 1997. . Catalogues and commentary:
* Barrie Caldecott. Kites. (Fresh Start). Franklin Watts. New York. 1990. (Creative Crafts). 1992. Bibliography: . Commentary:
* Malcolm McPhun. Kites. Macdonald Educational. 1980.
* Ron Moulton. Kites. Pelham Books. London. 1978. 1979.
* Jean Louis Bloch Lane. Kites. Barrons. Woodbury, New York. 1977. Introduction by Jean Michel Folon. Bibliography:
* Jean Paul Mouvier. Kites. Éditions Gallimard. Paris. 1974. William Collins. London. 1974. Franklin Watts. New York. Bibliographies: . Commentary:
* Wyatt Brummitt. Kites. Golden Press. 1971. (Golden Book of Kites)
* Larry Kettelkamp. Kites. William Morrow & Company. New York. 1959. . Wheaton. Exeter. 1961. Catalogue:
* Susan Tyrrell. Kites: The Gentle Art of High Flying. Dolphin Books. 1978.
* Dan Carlinsky, "Kites" (1974) 64 Boys' Life, No 5: May 1974, p 8
Book of kites; kite book
* Paul Morgan and Helene Morgan. The Book of Kites. Angus & Robertson. Pymble, New South Wales. 1992. Catalogue: . The Book of Kites: A Complete Guide to Choosing, Making and Flying Classic and Stunt Kites. Stoddart Publishing. Toronto. 1992. Catalogue: . Dorling Kindersley. 1994. . The Ultimate Kite Book: The Complete Guide to Choosing, Making, and Flying Kites of All Kinds. Simon and Schuster. New York. 1992. .
* David Pelham. The Penguin Book of Kites. 1976: . Reprinted 1984. Catalogue: . Kites. 2000: .
* Susan Mayes. The Usborne Book of Kites. (How to Make). 1992.
* Clive Hart. Your Book of Kites. (Your Book series). Faber and Faber. London. Levittown, New York. Transatlantic Arts. 1964. Review:
* Jim Rowland. The Big Book of Kites. St. Martin's. 1988. Commentary:
* Maxwell Eden. The Magnificent Books of Kites. Sterling Publishing Co. New York. 1998. Paperback 2002.
* Will H Yolen. The Complete Book of Kites and Kite Flying. Simon and Schuster. New York. 1976: . (A Fireside Book). 1979: . Review: . Review digests and indexes: .
* Sarah Kent. The Creative Book of Kites. Smithmark. New York. 1997.
* Margaret Greger. Blown Sky High: A Book of Kites. Locust Grove Press. Richland, Washington. 1977. Bibliography: . Catalogue:
* Rosanne Cobb. The Kite Book: All the Know-how you need to fly a Kite. Collins & Brown. 2007. . Kites: Flying Skills and Techniques, from Basic Toys to Sport Kites. Firefly Books. 2007.
* Norman Schmidt. The Great Kite Book. (Sterling/Tamos Book). Sterling Publishing Co. New York. 1997: . Review: . Best Ever Paper Kites. 2003: .
Kites and . . .
* Denny Robson. Kites and Flying Objects. [Kites and Other Flying Objects]. (Rainy Days). Gloucester Press. New York. 1992.
* Kimberley McReynolds. Kites and Other Flying Objects. Writers Club Press. 2002. . Review:
* Abernathy (ed). "Kites and Other Flying Things". Texas Toys and Games. (Texas Folklore Society Publication 47). 1989. 2nd Ed: 1997. Chapter 2. p 16.
* Frederick Walker. Practical Kites and Aëroplanes: How to Make and Work Them. Guilbert Pitman. 1903. . Reviews:
About
* Gail Gibbons. Catch the Wind: All about Kites. Boston. 1989. Commentary:
* "All about Kites" (1896) 13 The Review of Reviews 358
* Olive Thorne, "About Kites and Things" (1871) 7 Our Young Folks 494
Story
* Harry Edward Neal. The Story of the Kite. Vanguard Press. New York, NY. 1954. . Review:
* H J Shepstone, "The Wonderful Story of the Kite" [1907 to 1908] 30 The Boy's Own Paper 156
* Jane Yolen. World on a String: The Story of Kites. World Publishing Company. Cleveland and New York. 1968. 1969. Catalogue: . Longe says published by William Collins and World Publishing: .
World
* Bill Thomas. The Complete World of Kites. JB Lippincott Company. Philadelphia and New York. 1977.
* Ray Paprocki. The High-Flying World of Kites. Lerner Publishing Group. 1989.
* John E Frazer, "The Wonderful World of Kites" (1972) 19 Reader's Digest, No 109: April 1972, p 31. Kiwanis Magazine.
* Joseph Stocker, "The Windy World of Kites" (1993) 163 The Rotarian, No 6: Decembet 1993, p 20
* Jack Denton Scott, "World on a String" (1973) 61 Scouting, No 4: May-June 1973, pp 72 to 74, 96 and 98.
Sky
* Tal Streeter. Kites: Red Line in the Sky: Exhibition April 30-May 28, 1972. University of Kansas Museum of Art. 1972.
* Hiroi. Kites: Designs in the Sky. Mainichi. Tokyo. 1974.
* Tsutomu Hiroi. Kites: Sculpting the Sky. Pantheon Books. New York. 1978. Elm Tree Books. London. 1978. Catalogue: . Commentary: . Translation of:
** Tako: Sora no Zokei. Bijutsu Shuppan-sha. Tokyo. 1972.
* Pat Hammond. The Kite: More than Meets the Sky. 1977. 3rd Ed: 1987.
* Wayne Hosking. Kites to Touch the Sky. 1993.
* Demi. Kites: Magic Wishes that Fly Up to the Sky. Crown Publishers. 1999.
Wind
* André Thiébault. Kites and other Wind Machines. Sterling Publishing Company. 1982.
* Douglas A Fales. A Kite on the Wind. Borealis Press. 1973. Commentary:
* Emery J Kelly. Kites on the Wind: Easy-to-Make Kites that Fly Without Sticks. Lerner Publications Company. 1991.
* Don Dwiggins. Why Kites Fly: The Story of the Wind at Work. Golden Gate Junior Books. Childrens Press. Chicago. 1976. Catalogue: . Review: . Companion to Why Airplanes Fly.
* Stephanie Hall, "Kites Rise on the Wind: The Origin of Kites", Folklife Today, 16 March 2017
Fly a kite
* Hugh Wilson, "Fly a Kite" (1963) 53 Boys' Life, No 5: May 1963, p 14
* John C Boxtel. Go Fly a Kite: The Kite Builder's Manual. [sometimes called "The Kite Builders' Manual"]. General Store Publishing. Burnstown, Ontario. 1990. Review:
* Margaret Greger, "Go Fly a Kite" (1978) 66 Scouting, No 2: March/April 1978, p 34 (title on p 35)
* Clif Osborne, "Go Fly a Kite" (1972) 74 Air Trails Pictorial, No 2: February 1972, p 64
* Hoyt Gimlin, "Go Fly a Kite" [1987] 1 Editorial Research Reports, 19 March 1987
* "Go Fly a Kite" (1959) 49 Boys' Life, No 3: March 1959, p 51
* K D Curtis, "Go Fly a Kite!" (1968) 130 Travel 43
* Elizabeth Mack, "Go Fly a Kite!" (2009) 87 Nebraskaland 36
* Ralph G Platt, "Go Fly a Kite!" Geo-marine Technology
* Gerald A Silver, "Let's Fly a Kite!" (1967) 38 School Activities, January 1967, p 11
* Sidney A Schwartz, "Let's Go Fly a Kite" (1983) 37 The Conservationist, No 5: March-April 1983, p 41
For all seasons
For all people
* Margaret Greger. More Kites for Everyone. 1990. Catalogue:
* Jon C Halter, "Kites for All" (1979) 69 Boys' Life 30 (No 12, December 1979)
For children
* Burton and Rita Marks. Kites for Kids. Lothrop , Lee & Shepard. New York. Morrow. 1980. (Age 8+). Catalogue: Review: .
* Wayne Hosking. Kites for Kids. The Unique Place - World of Kites. Royal Oak, Michigan. 1993. Review: "Aussie Style Deja Vu" in "What's New Books" (1993) 11 KiteLines, No 1: Fall 1994, p 24.
* Ed Baxter and Richard Davey. Kites for Krowds of Kids. Australian Kite Association. 1978. Catalogue: . Perth, Australia. Cats. 1975. Bibliography:
Kitecraft; Kitecrafting
* Charles M Miller. Kitecraft and Kite Tournaments. Manual Arts Press. Peoria, Illinois. 1914: . 2nd Ed: 1915: . 3rd Ed: 1919: .
* Lee Scott Newman and Jay Hartley Newman. Kite Craft: The History and Processes of Kitemaking throughout the World. (Arts and Crafts). Crown Publishers. New York. 1974.
* Allan Thomas. Kite Craft: An Introduction. Kanuka Grove Teacher Centre. 1987.
Making and flying; building and flying; construction and flying
* Harold Ridgeway. Kite Making and Flying. (Arco Mayflower). Gramercy Publishing Company. New York. 1962: . Review: .
* Jim Flood. Kite Making and Flying. Ely Area Resource Organisation (EARO). 1980.
* Wolfgang Schimmelpfennig. Making & Flying Kites. Translation published by Hamlyn Publishing Group, for Castle. 1989: . German edition: Falken Verlag. 1988.
* David Pelham. Kites to Make and Fly. Penguin. 1982.
* Jack Newnham. Kites to Make and Fly. Penguin Books. New York. 1975. Penguin Books. Puffin. NewYork. 1977. Review: . Penguin. 1982.
* Jim Rowlands. Kites to Make and Fly. B T Batsford. 1989. Catalogue:
* George J. Varney. Kites: How to Make and how to Fly Them. Geo H Walker & Co. 1897.
* Marion Downer. Kites: How to Make and Fly Them. Lee & Shepard Co. New York. 1959.
* H Waller Fowler. Kites: A Practical Guide to Kite Making and Flying. 1953.
* Margret Greger. Kites for Everyone: How to Make and Fly Them. Dover. 2006: . Kites for Everyone. Richland, Washington. 2000. 1984:
* Bruce H Mitton. Kites, Kites, Kites: The Up and Downs of Making and Flying Them. Drake Publishers. New York. 1978. Bibliography: . Catalogue: . Sterling. Catalogue:
* Edward F Dolan. The Complete Beginner's Guide to Making and Flying Kites. (Complete Beginner's Guide). Doubleday and Co. NewYork. 1977. Go Fly a Kite: The Complete Beginner's Guide to Making and Flying Kites. (Cornerstone Library). Simon and Schuster.
* Jack Wiley. The Kite Building & Kite Flying Handbook. Tab Books. 1984.
* Maxwell Eden. Kiteworks: Exploration in Kite Building & Flying. Sterling Publications. 1989: . 1991.
* Jim Rowlands. Making and Flying Modern Kites. Dryad Press. 1988. Catalogues:
* Create-a-kite: How to Build and Fly Your Own Kites. (A Fireside Book). Simon and Schuster. New York. 1977.
* Charles M Miller. The Construction and Flying of Kites. (Manual Training Reprints). Manual Arts Press. Peoria, Illinois. 1909: . 4th Ed: 1916. 5th Ed: 1919: . Reviews:
Flight and Flying
* Gove Hambidge. Kite Flight. 1963. Paul Edward Garber (ed). Kite Flight. Rev Ed. 1979. Reviews and commentary:
* Chris Wright. Kite Flight: Theory and Practice. Middlesex University Press. 1998. Review: Bill Bigge, "First Aid Manual" in "What's New: Books" (1999 to 2000) 13 KiteLife, No 2: Winter 1999 to 2000, p 23.
* Jack Botermans and Alice Weve. Kite Flight: Complete easy-to-follow instructions for making 40 different kites. Holt & Co. New York. 1986. Catalogue: .
* Leland Toy. Flight Patterns: A Guide to Kitemaking. Sunny Toy. 1984. Sky High Press. Scottsdale, Arizona. San Francisco. 1984. Revised Ed. 1985. 1987. 1990.
* "Kite-Flying: About making Calico and Paper Kites". Cassell's Complete Book of Sports and Pastimes. London, Paris and Melbourne. 1896. Page 239.
* Ambrose Lloyd and Nicollete Thomas. Kites and Kite Flying. Hamlyn. London. 1978.
* Paul Edward Garber. Kites and Kite Flying. Boy Scouts of America Service Library, No 3146. Boy Scouts of America. New York. 1931.
* H P Ashley, "Kites and Kite Flying" (1894) 15 Harper's Young People 357
* Ron Reich. Kite Precision: Your Comprehensive Guide for Flying Controllable Kites. Tutor Text. 1993.
* Rhoda Baker and Miles Denyer. Flying Kites. Book Sales. 1995.
* James Wagenvoord. Flying Kites. (Flying Kites: In Fun, Art, and War). Macmillan. New York. 1968.
* Makey, Ingraham and Reed. How to Fly a Kite: A Kiteflier's Manual. American Kitefliers Association. Rockville, Maryland. 1992.
Making
* Eve Barwell and Conrad Bailey. Making Kites. North Melbourne. Cassell Australia. 1976. Catalogue:
* Rhoda Baker and Miles Denyer. Making Kites. Chartwell Books. 1993: . Walter Foster. 1997.
* David Michael. Step-by-Step Making Kites. Kingfisher Books. New York. 1993.
* How to Have Fun Making Kites. (Creative Craft Book). Creative Educational Society. Mankato, Minnesota. 1973.
* Rossella Guerra and Giuseppe Ferlenga. The Kite Making Handbook. David & Charles. 2004: . Barnes & Noble. 2007. Il grande libro degli aquiloni. Demetra. 2002.
* Piet Maree. Make Your Own Kites. Bancroft. Netherlands. 1964 or 1974. Bibliography:
X number of kites
* Maxwell Eden, "Two exciting kites you can build from scratch" (1977) 148 Popular Mechanics, No 2: August 1977, p 96.
* David Pelham. Four Krazy Kites to make and fly. Dutton. 1994. Catalogue:
* David Gomberg. Seven Kites. 1987. Catalogue: Review: Valerie Govig, "Seven Kites, No Thanks" in "What's New: Books" (1988) 7 KiteLines, No 1: Spring 1988, p 25
* Norma Dixon. Kites: Twelve Easy-to-Make High Fliers. Morrow Junior Books. 1996.
* John and Kate Dyson. Fun with Kites: How to Make Eighteen Beautiful Kites. Angus and Robertson. London. 1976. Barron's Educational Series. Hauppauge, New York. 1978.
* Leslie L Hunt. 25 Kites that Fly. Bruce Publishing Company. 1929: . Dover Publication. New York. 1971: .
* Edwin T Hamilton. Making 30 Kites That Fly. Harter Publishing Co. Cleveland, Ohio. 1935.
* Jack Wiley and Susan Cheatle. Dynamite Kites: 30 Plans to Build and Fly. Tab Books. Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania. 1988. Review: Valerie Govig, "Worst Ever, 2nd Edition" in "What's New: Books" (1988) 7 KiteLines, No 1: Spring 1988, p 20.
Kites made in X time
Super
* Neil Thorburn. Super Kites. 1975.
* Neil Thorburn. Super Kites II. 1983. For commentary on Super Kites I and II, see "Kiting" magazine.
* Neil Thorburn. Super Kites III. San Jose, California. 1991. . Review: Valerie Govig, "New Editions" in "What's: New Books" (1991) 8 KiteLines, No 4: Summer-Fall 1991, p 21.
Magic
Joy
Tao
Days
Philosophy; philosophers; natural philosophy; experimental philosophy
* Tal Streeter. The Philosopher's Kite: Essays and Stories. Twelve-second Press. New York. ISBN 0-9724290-0-X.
* Susan G Sterrett. Wittgenstein Flies a Kite: A Story of Models of Wings and Models of the World. Pi Press. 2006. . Review: . As to Wittgenstein and kites, see:
* John Ayrton Paris. "The Kite". Philosophy in Sport made Science in Earnest: being an Attempt to Illustrate the First Principles of Natural Philosophy by the Aid of Popular Toys and Sports. 5th Ed: 1842. Chapter 13. Page 215. 2013. Volume 2. Page 75.
See also sources on Franklin's Experiment, eg

## Metabibliography

A number of books on kites contain bibliographies.
* "Kites". Bibiography of Aeronautics. 1921. Pages 719 to 722.
* E N Fales, "Kites" in "Two Hundred Books on Aeronautics" (1917) 2 Aviation and Aeronautical Engineering 306 at 308 (1 May 1917) [Aviation]
* "Books About Kites" (1985) 75 AB Bookman's Weekly 271
* Book List. The Kite Society of Great Britain.
* Kite Bibliography: Some Classic Books. American Kitefliers Association. 14 December 2020.
* Category Archives: Kite Books. KiteLife.
* "Books". Kitebuilders Knowledge Base.
Medieval
* Archer MacRobert. Medieval Kite Bibliography. 2002.
Webliographies
* Useful Resources. The Kite Society of Great Britain.
* Kite Resources. American Kitefliers Association.

## Encyclopedias

* Valerie Govig, "Kite" (2007) 11 The World Book Encyclopedia 338 to 341; Valerie Govig (1987) 11 The World Book Encyclopedia 267

## Periodicals

* KiteLife (from April 1998)
* Valerie Govig (ed). KiteLines. (From Spring 1977 to 2001). Aeolus Press.
* Kite Tales (from October 1964)
* Kiting. [Kiting Magazine]. American Kitefliers Association.
* The Kiteflier. Kite Society of Great Britain. Catalogues:
* Valerie Govig (ed). The Windy Notice. Maryland Kite Society. Catalogue: . Commentary:

## Calendars

* Pocket Kite Calendar & Almanac. [Pocket Kite Calendar and Almanac] KiteLines. Commentary:
* Jeff C Cole and Wayne Hosking. Paper Kite Calendar. Accord Publishing. 2006. 2007. 2008.

## Education

* W Hosking. Kites in the Classroom. American Kitefliers Association. Rockville, Maryland. 1988. 1992. Bibliography:
* Glenn Davison. Kites in the Classroom. Revised Edition. American Kitefliers Association. 2002.
* Ian Pattie. Using Kites in the Classroom.
Maths
* Nancy Ann Belsky. Building Kites: Flying High with Math. (Math Projects). Dale Seymour Publications. Palo Alto, California. 1995.

## History

* Clive Hart. Kites: An Historical Survey. Faber and Faber. Russell Square, London. Frederick A Praeger. New York. 1967: . Second Edition. Paul P Appel. Mount Vernon, New York.1982: .
* Jennifer Yarde. The History of Kites & Kite Making in Barbados. National Library Service. 2013.
* C J P Cave, "The Great Days of Kite Flying" (1947) 2 Weather 134 (No 5, May 1947)

## Biography

* Gibbons. The Modern Kiteflier. McFarland. 2019.

## Science

* Toshio Ito and Komura Hirotsugu. Kites: The Science and the Wonder. Japan Publications. Tokyo. 1983: . Translation of "Tako no Kaguku".
* Frank Heyman. Science on a Kite String. Vancouver Environmental Education Project. 1974. Catalogue:
* Abe Dane, "Science on a Kite String" (1992) 169 Popular Mechanics 114 (No 5, May 1992)
* Ben Kocivar, "Kites Go Scientific" (1972) 200 Popular Science, No 3: March 1972, p 93.
* Buffy Silverman, "Flying High With Kites” (2009) Know: The Science Magazine for Curious Kids (March/April 2009) p 6. Catalogue:
Mechanics
* C F Marvin. A Monograph on the Mechanics and Equilibrium of Kites. Weather Bureau. Washington. 1897.

## Meteorology and Meteorological

* "Meteorological Kites in France" (1898) 78 Scientific American 52 (22 January 1898)
* "Meteorological Kites in India" (1906) 74 Nature 448 (30 August 1906)
* W Napier Shaw, "Meteorological Kites - An Appeal to Yachtsmen", The Times, 2 June 1903, p 9, col 6. Bibliographies: . Commentary:
Weather
* Alfred J Henry, "Construction of a Weather Bureau Kite" (1910) 2 Bulletin of the Mount Weather Observatory 227
* Charles Frederick Marvin, "Kite Experiments at the Weather Bureau" (1896) 24 Monthly Weather Review and Annual Summary 113, 156, 199 and 238. Reprinted as: Kite Experiments at the Weather Bureau. (Weather Bulletin, number 110). United States Weather Bureau. 1896. Review:

## Altitude

* Richard P Synergy. Kiting to Record Altitudes. Fly Write Publications. Toronto. 1994. Review: "Report from an Obsession" in "What's New: Books" (1994) 11 KiteLines 23 (No 1, Fall 1994)
* Gregory T Pope, "World's Highest Flying Kite" (1995) 172 Popular Mechanics, No 6: June 1995, p 46

## Paper

* Nic Compton. Paper Kites. Ivy Press. 2011.
* Ozanam, Montucla and Hutton. "Mechanism of paper Kites". Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. London. 1814. Volume 4. p 211.
* Istvan Bodoczky. Papir Sarkany. [English: Paper Kites]. Budapest. Muszaki Konyvkiado. 1988. Review: Kalman V Illyefalvi, "Paper Pleasure" in "What's New: Books" (1989) 7 KiteLines, No 3: Summer 1989, p 19.

## Tailess

* D C Beard. "Malay and Other Tailess Kites". Outdoor Games for All Seasons: The American Boy's Book of Sport. New York. 1896. Chapter 5. Page 67.
* William A Eddy, "Experiments with Hexagon and Tailess Kites" (1894) 1 Aeronautics 152 (August 1894)

## Stunt

* David Gomberg (ed). Stunt Kites! A Complete Flight Manual for Dual Control Kites. Cascade Kites. Salem, Oregon. 1988. Stunt Kites! A Complete Flight Manual of Maneuverable Kites. Catalogue:
* Wolfgang Schimmelpfennig. Making & Flying Stunt Kites & One-liners. Sterling. 1995.
* Jeremy Boyce. How to Make and Fly Stunt Kites. 1999.
* Servaas van der Horst and Nop Velthuizen. Stunt Kites to Make and Fly. 1993.
* Servaas van der Horst and Nop Velthuizen. Stunt Kites II: New Designs, Buggies and Boats. 1994. Review: Ilene Atkins, "Class Act" in "What's New: Books" (1994) 11 Kite Lines, No 1: Fall 1994, p 22.
* Monty Norris, "New Kites Take Flight" (1987) 77 Boy's Life, No 5: May 1987, p 14
Periodicals
* Stunt Kite Quarterly

## Kite fighting and fighter kites

* Dinesh Bahadur. Come Fight a Kite. Harvey House Publishing. New York. Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd. Toronto. 1978. Review: . Commentary:
* Dinesh Bahadur. Kite Flying and Kite Fighting. Catalogue:
* David Gomberg. The Fighter Kite Book! A Complete Flight Manual for Single Line Maneuverable Kites. Cascade Kites. Salem, Oregon. 1992. Review: Mel Govig, "Fighter Without Soul" in "What's New: Books" (1992) 9 KiteLines, No 2: Spring-Summer 1992, p 18.
* Philippe Gallot. Fighter Kites. St. Martin's Press. New York. 1989. Making and Flying Fighter Kites. Batsford. 1990. Fighter Kites: Twenty Original Designs to Make & Fly.
* Steve Craig. "Kite Flying and Kite Fighting". Sports and Games of the Ancients. Greenwood Press. Westport, Connecticut. London. 2002. Page 68.
* "Kite-Flying and Kite-Fighting". Thailand Official Yearbook 1968. Page 652.

## Parakites and kite trains

* Gilbert Totten Woglom. Parakites: A Treatise on the Making and Flying of Tailless Kites for Scientific Purposes and for Recreation. G P Putnam's Sons. New York and London. 1896. . Review: ; (1897) 78 Spectator 546 (17 April 1897)
* "The new aeronautical invention, the parakite . . ." in "Scientific News" (1875) 22 English Mechanic and World of Science 91 (No 550) (8 October 1875)
* "Simmons, Experiments with the Parakite" (1876) 6 The Royal Engineer Journal 1 (1 January 1876) [Title from Index]
* K D Curtis, "Parakiting" (1967) 128 Travel 40
* "Parakites and Birds" (1896) 20 Current Literature 506
* Eiji Ohashi. [English: Kite Trains Making]. 1981. Catalogue: "The Kite Lines Bookstore", KiteLines, Spring 1986, p 9.
* Al Hargus. The "No Secrets" Handbook of Single Line Kite Trains. 1990. KiteLife
* "Kite Train used by French Army" (1913) 19 Popular Mechanics 579 (No 4, April 1913)
* "A New Flying Machine" (1876) 30 Public Opinion 368
* "Army Flying Machines" (1877) Scientific American Supplement No 56, p 889 (27 January 1877)

## Art

* Art That Flies: Curt Asker, Jackie Matisse, Tal Streeter. Experiencenter, Dayton Art Institute. Dayton, Ohio. 1991. Contributors include Torsten Ekbom, Suzi Gablik, Pamela Houk and Ulf Linde.
* Paul Eubel. Pictures for the Sky: Art Kites. Osaka. München. 1992. [also published in English].
* Paul Eubel (ed). Bilder für den Himmel: Kunstdrachen. Prestel-Verlag. Munich. 1989. Sora mau kaiga: geijutsu tako. Goethe Institute. Osaka. 1988. [published in German and Japanese]. [English: Pictures for the Sky: Art Kites].
* Hans Silvester and Philippe Cottenceau. Into the Wind: The Art of the Kite. Harry N Abrams. 2008.
* "Osaka: Art That Flies" (1990) Art International, p 30 (scan of numbers 10 to 13: )
Decorative
* Alan and Gill Bridgewater. Easy-To-Make Decorative Kites. Dover Publications. New York. 1985.
* Willet Rider. "Making Decorative Kites". Celebrating Diversity with Art. Good Year Books. 1995. p 64

## West

* George Webster, "An Outline History of Kites in the West" (2003) The Kiteflier, No 97: October 2003. Kite Society.

## Oriental

* "Oriental Kites". Favorite Easy-to-Make Toys. Sedgewood Press. 1982.

## Asian and Asia

* Wayne Hosking. Asian Kites: Asian Arts & Crafts for Creative Kids. Tuttle Publishing. 2005. . Asian Kites for Kids: Make & Fly Your Own Asian Kites.
* Mary Parks, "Spirit-Soaring Asian Kites" (1993) 102 Instructor, No 7: March 1993, pp 53, 54, 55. . Catalogue:
* "Kites and Kite Flying". Levinson and Christensen. Encyclopedia of Modern Asia. Charles Scribner's Sons. Thomson Gale. 2002. Volume 3. Page 380.

## India

See also sources on Makar Sankranti (Uttrayani/Uttrayan).
* Tal Streeter. A Kite Journey Through India. Weatherhill. 1996.

## Japanese and Japan

Kite is "tako" (たこ or 紙鳶 or 凧) in Japanese:
* Streeter, Tal. The Art of the Japanese Kite. Weatherhill. 1974.
* David, Kung. Japanese Kites: A Vanishing Art. Tokyo. 1962. Catalogues:
* Masaaki Modegi. The Making of Japanese Kites: Tradition, Beauty and Creation. Japan Publications Trading Company. 2007.
* Tatsuo Miyawaki. Tako: Japanese Kite Book. 1962. Bibliography: .
* Bernadon, "A Japanese Kite (Ways to do Things)" (1890) 30 Wide Awake 96 to 99 (No 6, May 1890)
* Boye De Mente. "Kite-Flying". Everything Japanese. Passport Books. 1989. Page 163.
* Scott Skinner and Alison Fujino (eds). Kites: Paper Wings Over Japan. Thames and Hudson. London. New York. 1997.
* Tadao Saito. High Fliers: Colorful Kites from Japan. Japan Publications. Tokyo. 1969.
* Stevenson, John. Japanese Kite Prints: Selections from the Skinner Collection. Drachen Foundation. 2004.
* "If you want to go fly a kite but . . . " (1980) 13 New York Magazine 51 (4 August 1980) (No 30)
* David M Checkley, "Festival of Flight" (1978) 132 The Rotarian 35 (March 1978) (No 3)
* "Toys - Japanese kites dutiable as" [1891] 1 Synopsis of the Decisions of the Treasury Department . . . 437
* Griffis, "Kites and the Golden Fish of Nagoya" (September 1889) The Gospel in All Lands 387. "The Golden Fish of Owari Castle" (1877) 4 St Nicholas 324. Commentary:

## Chinese and China

* David F Jue. Chinese Kites: How to Make and Fly Them. CE Tuttle Company. 1967: . Ebook:
* Wang Hongxun. Chinese Kites. Foreign Languages Press. Beijing. 1989. . Review:
* Liu Bin. Chinese Kites: An Illustrated Step-by-Step Guide. Shanghai Press. 2014.
* Ha Kuiming and Ha Yiqi. Chinese Artistic Kites. China Books & Periodicals. San Francisco. 1990.
* Wang Xiaoyu. Chinese Kites: Their Arts and Crafts. Shandong Friendship Publishing House. Beijing. 1996.
* Ralf Čeplak Mencin. Kitajski papirnati zmaji. [English: Chinese Kites]. Ljubljana. 1996. Catalogue:
* Sun Bingshan and Yu Manhong (compilers). Chinese Kite. China Intercontinental Press. 2007.
* William H Paxton, "How to Build and Fly Chinese Kites" (1966) 188 Popular Science, No 5: May 1966, p 144
* Bob Gilmore, "Secrets of Making and Flying Chinese Kites" (1960) 176 Popular Science, No 4: April 1960, p 178
* B R Winslow, "Chinese kites, and how to make them" (1909) 1 Fly, No 11: September 1909, p 5
* "Chinese Kites" (1888) 58 Scientific American 185 (24 March 1888)
* "Chinese Kites" (1864) 20 Dollar Monthly Magazine 78
* Dominique Baillon Lalande and Wang Hongxun. Le Cerf-volant en Chine. [English: The Kite in China]. Editions Joel Cuenot. Meudon. 1987. Bibliography: . Review: .

## Malay and Malaysia

* J B Millet. "The Malay Kite". The Aeronautical Annual 1895. p 119. The Aeronautical Annual 1896. p 119.
* "The Eddy Malay Tailess Kite" (1894) 71 Scientific American 169 (15 September 1894)
* Cathy Spagnoli. "Malay Kites". The World Of Asian Stories: A Teaching Resource. Tulika Publishers. India. 2007. Reprinted 2010. p 105.
* Hosking. "Kites from Malaysia". Asian Kites.

## Polynesian

* Nora K Chadwick, "The Kite: A Study in Polynesian Tradition" (1931) 61 Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 455 JSTOR. Review:

## New Zealand and Maori

* Colin McGeorge. Kites for Kiwis. Reed Meuthen Publishers. Auckland. 1987. Review: Leonard M Conover, "For the Birds" in "What's New: Books" (1988) 7 KiteLines, No 1: Spring 1988, p 24.
Maori
* Robert Maysmor. [Bob]. Te Manu Tukutuku: A Study of the Maori Kite. Sydney. Allen & Unwin New Zealand Ltd. Wellington. 1990. Te Manu Tukutuku: The Māori Kite. 2nd Ed. Steele Roberts & Associates. Wellington. 2001. [Maouri Kites]. Catalogue:
* Walsh, "The Manuate, or Maori Kite" (1913) 45 Transactions of Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 375
* Elsdon Best. "Maori Kites". The Maori. 1941. Volume 2. Page 117.
* John Tarlton, "Ancient Maori Kites", Art New Zealand, 3: December/January 1976/1977, p 34

## Australia

* Wayne Hosking. Kites: Aussie Style. Houston. 1982. Catalogue:

## Bermuda and Bermudian

* Frank Wattlington. Bermuda Kites: How to Make and Fly Them. Island Press. Bermuda.
* Donald R Brann. "Bermuda Kite". Toymaking: Children's Furniture Simplified. (Easi-Bild Home Improvement Library, No 771). Easi-Bild Directions Simplified. Briarcliff Manor, New York. First Printing. 1977. Revised Editions. 1979. 1982. 1984. p 93. . Catalogues: .
* Peter Backeberg, "The Bermuda Kite", The Bermudian, 15 April 2022
* "Kite Fights" (1995) 66 The Bermudian 12

## Guatemalan and Guatemala

* Kenneth W Smith, "The Kites of Santiago Sacatepéquez" (1978) 87(3) Natural History 68 (March). Reprinted: Art in Small-scale Societies: Contemporary Readings. Prentice-Hall. 1993. p 64.
* Carroll Rios, "The Giant Kites of Santiago Sacatepequez" (1987) 3 Viva Guatemala 8 (No 1)
* Michael Cavallaro, "The Pride That Flies" (1987) 39 Américas 14 (May/June 1987) [giant kites of Santiago Sacatepequez] Catalogues:
* Jeffrey Grey, "A Shadow on the Land" (1982) 24 ISLA 46 (7 February 1982) [giant kites of Santiago Sacatepequez]
* Christopher Ornelas, Scott Skinner and Victorino Alquijay Texajun (eds). Wings of Resistance: The Giant Kites of Guatemala. Drachen Foundation. Seattle. 2013.
* Lilian Coppock. "Guatemalan Kite". Art of Different Cultures. Belair Publications. 2000. p 70.

## French language

Kite is "cerf-volant" in French (literally "flying stag").
* Joseph Lecornu. Les Cerfs Volants. Librarie Nony. Paris. 1902.
* Gomes. Cerfs Volants: Militaires Scientifiques et Sportifs. 1911.
* Raoul Marquis. Manuel pratique de la construction et de la manoeuvre des cerfs-volants de toute espèce. 1910.
* Théophile Bois. Les cerfs-volants et leurs applications militaires. Berger-Levrault. 1906.
* Jacques Théodore Saconney. Cerfs-volants militaires. Berger-Levrault. 1909.
* Lecornu. Sous-marins et cerfs-volants. Vuibert. 1917.
* Quentin. La photographie par cerfs-volants.
* Norma Dixon. Cerfs-Volants. 1997.
* Ron Reich. Cerf-Volant: Precision. Translator: Raoul Fosset. Tutor Text. 1st French Ed: 1994. 2nd French Ed: 1995. Translation of "Kite Precision" (1993).

## German language

Kite is "drachen" in German (literally "dragon"), a term which may also refer to a hang glider or to a kite balloon (which is also called "drachenballon").
* Wolfgang Schimmelpfennig. Lenkdrachen bauen und fliegen. Falken Verlag. 1989. 1992.
* Wolfgang Schimmelpfennig. Drachen bauen und fliegen.

## Finnish language

Kite is "Leija" (plural "Leijat") in Finnish:
* Marten Bondestam. Lennä, Lennä Leijani. [English: Fly, Fly my Kite]. Weilin & Goos. Espoo. 1982. Bibliography: Review: