Almost Underwear: How a Piece of Cloth Traveled from Kitty Hawk to the Moon and Mars

K-Gr 3–Travel back in time to 1903 and meet a seemingly ordinary piece of fabric, originally destined to be made into women’s underwear. Instead, who should purchase the bolt but the Wright brothers, using it as the wing cover for the Flyer, which would soon make history as the first airplane to be successfully airborne. After its first-of-a-kind journey, the fabric was cut into swatches and donated to a museum, seemingly finished with travel. However, its adventures did not end there: one swatch made it to the moon in 1969 with Neil Armstrong, while still another landed on the surface of Mars in 2021. Eye-catching spreads feature photographs with additional ebullient, cartoonlike illustrations, including the charming cloth and historical figures. Roth’s text will enthrall readers of all ages, brimming with humor and successfully building suspense as the apparently ordinary cloth embarks on incredible adventures.