If &ldquo;Amelia&rdquo; the movie is rousing your curiosity about the famed pilot, know that the film is hardly the first word, and won&rsquo;t be the last, about Amelia Earhart.</p><p>A book search online brings up hundreds of entries. To focus, we asked for help from the folks at the Kansas City Public Library and Rainy Day Books in Fairway. Here are some of their suggestions.</p><p>First, the movie is based on two books:</p><p><strong>&bull;&ldquo;The Sound of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart,&rdquo; </strong>by Mary Lovell, a biography with a sharp focus on the relationship between Earhart and her husband, George P. Putnam, publisher and promoter.</p><p><strong>&bull;&ldquo;East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart,&rdquo; </strong>by Susan Butler, a biography that&rsquo;s been called well-documented and insightful (it details a secret affair with aviator Gene Vidal). Along with the previous title, it&rsquo;s a &ldquo;definitive&rdquo; biography.</p><p>In addition, author Elgen M. Long served as a consultant for the film. His book, <strong>&ldquo;Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved,&rdquo; </strong> which he wrote with Marie K. Long, chronicles Earhart&rsquo;s last days based on a 25-year study.</p><p> All were published 10 to 20 years ago and just re-released. </p><p><strong><span class="subhead">More books of note</span></strong></p><p><strong>&ldquo;Amelia Earhart: The Thrill of It,&rdquo;</strong> by Susan Wels, a new illustrated biography with artifacts, letters and maps.</p><p><strong>&ldquo;Amelia Earhart: A Biography,&rdquo; </strong>by Doris L. Rich, a thorough overview of Earhart&rsquo;s life, with explanations of the primitive nature of early flight.</p><p><strong>&ldquo;Still Missing: Amelia Earhart and the Search for Modern Feminism,&rdquo; </strong>by Susan Ware, emphasizes Earhart&rsquo;s impact on women&rsquo;s history.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">For younger readers</span></strong></p><p><strong>&ldquo;Amelia Earhart: The Legend of the Lost Aviator,&rdquo; </strong>by Shelly Tanaka, illustrated by David Craig, pictures and text for middle-grade readers.</p><p><strong>&ldquo;Sky Pioneer: A Photobiography of Amelia Earhart,&rdquo; </strong>by Corinne Szabo, more pictures, less text. For middle grades.</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Books by Earhart</span></strong></p><p><strong>&ldquo;Last Flight,&rdquo;</strong> letters, diary entries and dispatches related to the pilot&rsquo;s final adventure, assembled by her husband. </p><p><strong> &ldquo;The Fun of It: Random Records of My Own Flying and of Women in Aviation,&rdquo; </strong> recollections of her first experiences with flying and stories of her career and the careers of other women in aviation.</p><p><strong>&ldquo;20 Hrs. 40 Min.: Our Flight in the Friendship,&rdquo; </strong>by Amelia Earhart, about her trip aboard the Friendship in 1928, when she became the first woman to cross the Atlantic in a plane.</p><p><strong>&ldquo;Letters From Amelia 1901-1937,&rdquo;</strong> edited by Jean L. Backus, reveals Earhart&rsquo;s thoughts as expressed in more than 100 letters to her mother.