The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot
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Description
Winner of the Caldecott Medal, this stunningly illustrated book depicts Louis Bleriot's historic first cross-Channel flight. "Factually accurate, yes-but also a witty pictorial reincarnation of Bleriot's first experience of an airship"--Kirkus Reviews
Product Details
Price
$8.99
$8.36
Publisher
Puffin Books
Publish Date
August 01, 1987
Pages
40
Dimensions
10.05 X 8.19 X 0.15 inches | 0.32 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780140507294
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About the Author
Alice Provensen and Martin Provensen were an American couple who illustrated more than 40 children's books together, 19 of which they also wrote and edited. They won the Caldecott Medal for The Glorious Flight.
Reviews
"Factually accurate, yes-but also a witty pictorial reincarnation of Bleriot's first experience of an airship . . . There's dash, style, and economy here in both text and pictures."--Kirkus Reviews "Fact is turned into magic."--The New York Times Book Review "This book...recounts the persistence of a Frenchman, Louis Bleriot, to build a flying machine to cross the English Channel.... The text is succinct, caption-like in its directness and brevity . . . The paintings...add the necessary texture and tone to this marriage. This is vintage Provensen"--School Library Journal
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