01854cam a2200325 i 4500 1666266828 TxAuBib 20241022120000.0 230905s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781499813944 hardcover 1499813945 hardcover (OCoLC)1369677751 TxAuBib rda Dahl, Candy, author. Tiny jumper [HC] : how Tiny Broadwick created the parachute rip cord / by Candy Dahl ; illustrated by Maithili Joshi. New York : Little Bee Books, 2023. 40 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "This thrilling biography tells the story of Tiny Broadwick, the first woman to ever parachute from a plane and the inventor of the parachute rip cord, and how her determination, courage, adventurousness, and joy in doing what she loved lifted her up to stand as tall as a pioneer in flight. Tiny Broadwick, a teeny, uneducated mill girl, had big dreams of soaring above the earth, out of poverty, and above expectations. She became the first woman to parachute from an airplane, and her idea for the rip cord paved the way for pilots to safely escape in-flight emergencies. This thrilling biography shows how Tiny's determination, courage, adventurousness, and joy lifted her up to stand tall as a pioneer in flight."--Provided by publisher. 20241022. Brown, Georgia Thompson, 1893-1978 Juvenile literature. Parachuting Juvenile literature. Parachuting. Women inventors Juvenile literature. Women inventors. Biographies. lcgft Joshi, Maithili, illustrator.