Includes index.

Able of contents -- The first fliers -- Gliders and swoopers -- On the wing -- Strange looks -- Biggest ever fliers -- Early birds -- Birds take off -- Wings of water -- To fly, or not? -- Big cousins -- Shadows in the sky -- Night fliers -- Wild guides.

Introduces the first flying animals, including pteranodon, harpagornis, and confuciusornis; provides maps of where fossils of the animals have been found; and compares the size of each to man.