Magnificent Book of Kites: Explorations in Design, Construction, Enjoyment & Flight

by Maxwell Eden

Book Overview

Whether you yearn for a simple project or an award-winning beauty, this unbeatable guide has more than 1,500 illustrations that show how to build a range of kites--including 37 of the most popular... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1579120253
• ISBN13: 9781579120252
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 8.3" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

excellent source for kite making

Maxwell Eden did an excellent job of explaining how to make kites. The book is packed with kite building information including step-by-step processes, closeup drawings, as well as color photos of completed kites. The specific instruction and detail on constructing a wide range of flyers is excellent. If you're new to kite making this is the book you want. After I bought several books and searched the internet for plans and ideas, I'd have to say that this is the must-have reference. Eden reviews aerodynamics, knots, materials, stitches, patterns, parafoils, deltas, multi-cells, sleds, power-kiting, kite applique (graphics), tips and more. Some plans could use more information but for the most part it is very well done.

Kites, Kites and More Kites

This book has an array of kites from easy to make to complicated ones. It has step by step instructions and are easy to follow. I bought it to teach students and they had a ball. Is good for elementary to high school students and also for parents to teach their children the fun of kite creation.

WOW! This book flys like a magnificent kite.

Being an avid kite-lover since childhood, I was able to get a deeper and truer understanding of the art and spectrum of kites through Eden's vision. What a splendid and unique aproach to this time-honored tradition. Time to go fly a kite!

Great book about Kites and kite flying!

This excellent book is a revised edition of Maxwell's best-seller "Kiteworks." The book contains new information about kites and the Web, creating kites using your computer, and a comprehensive materials directory for kite builders, plus resources and events about the new sport of kite-powered craft. The Magnificant Book of Kites is a winner!

This book is a nice reprint of Kiteworks

This book has a much better layout than Kiteworks, a 1989 book by Maxwell Eden. The plans are a little more oraganized. The only new material is the section that compares kitemaking materials. I think the overall flow is good and it provides a good introduction to making kites.