The Complete Aerial Adventures of Dave Dashaway

Armed only with his wits and a cheerful nature, Dave Dashaway is quick to make friends and pursue his dream of flying an airship. Dave and his friends face smugglers, sharks, a hidden city, saboteurs, and villains of all kinds.

Come fly away with Dave Dashaway!

Armed only with his wits and a cheerful nature, Dave Dashaway is quick to make friends and pursue his dream of flying an airship. Dave and his friends face smugglers, sharks, a hidden city, saboteurs, and villains of all kinds.

Read all five of Dave’s adventures, brought together in the same book for the first time:
Dave Dashaway Young Aviator
Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane
Dave Dashaway and His Giant Airship
Dave Dashaway Around the World
Dave Dashaway, Air Champion

This Workman Classic Schoolbook edition contains:
• An exclusive map of Dave’s journey around the world
• Background/Introduction
• Biography
• Footnotes
• Vocabulary and Comprehension/Extension questions after
each chapter
• Discussion Questions suitable for students or book clubs
• Extension activities

Brought to you by the same minds as Bobbsey Twins and Hardy Boys, “Books for Boys” by Roy Rockwood are great for homeschoolers using classic literature studies such as Charlotte Mason or Thomas Jefferson Education. Spellings have been standardized to U.S., but the language has not been abridged or dumbed down. Short, fast-paced chapters keep students engaged.

Appropriate for middle-grade readers.

*The paperback copy is not a physical boxed set as the Kindle image above shows, but is a single 6×9 paperback volume containing all five books.

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