About The Flying Explorers Series
The Flying Explorers Series is a ten-book story-driven collection that introduces young readers to the world of aviation through the adventures of Tamias, a curious chipmunk who looks up at the sky and begins asking questions.
What starts as a simple fascination with airplanes gradually becomes something more serious. Tamias learns that flying is not magic and it is not guesswork. It requires knowledge, discipline, preparation, and judgment.
Across the series, readers follow Tamias as he moves through the real structure of flight training. He learns about aircraft controls, checklists, navigation, weather, radio communication, airport procedures, safety, and decision-making. As the books progress, the challenges become more complex, introducing cross-country planning, instrument flying, commercial aviation, cargo operations, and the responsibilities that come with greater skill.
The stories are written to be entertaining first, but the aviation concepts are real. The books reflect the way pilots actually think: carefully, methodically, and with respect for the consequences of every decision. Readers see that good flying depends on more than confidence. It depends on preparation, situational awareness, and the willingness to keep learning.
Tamias is joined by a memorable cast of characters, including experienced instructors, fellow students, professors, crows, squirrels, frogs, and other residents of Toad University. Their world is imaginative, but the principles behind the flying remain grounded in reality.
Each book also includes optional educational appendices that explain important aviation ideas, highlight key teaching moments, define useful vocabulary, and offer discussion prompts or activities for further exploration.
The Flying Explorers Series is designed for curious young readers, aviation-minded families, homeschoolers, teachers, tutors, and anyone who believes that learning can be both rigorous and fun.
These are not fantasy stories about flying.
They are stories about learning how to fly.
