As anyone who has read the best-selling novel The Kite Runner knows, springtime in Kabul is heralded by flocks of dipping, looping and diving kites. But these aren’t the kites of lazy weekend picnics.

The Blossom Kite Festival is a free, public event organized by the Smithsonian associates and the National Air and Space Museum. Handmade kite competitions, activity tents, demonstrations and kite ...

With Makar Sankranti around the corner, Khambhat’s vibrant handcrafted kites are flying off the shelves. Known for their ...

Carla Borgersen helps her mother Mercedes Russow with her kite. Russow, who just moved to Edmond from New York, was one of the senior citizens who learned to make a kite and then fly it at the Edmond ...

O is happy to play with a kite, but mad that he can't get it to fly. O is happy to play with a kite, but mad that he can't get it to fly. Uncle X helps him know that people often have mixed feelings.

On a recent afternoon with springtime in the rising breeze, something else wonderful was in the air: a kite. Shortly, a second kite took flight as well. Like bookends separated by a row of volumes, ...