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The Glorious Flight

Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot July 25, 1909
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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

PublisherPuffin Books
Publish DateAugust 01, 1987
Pages40
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9780140507294
Dimensions8.1 X 10.0 X 0.1 inches | 0.3 pounds
BISAC Categories: Kids, Kids, Kids

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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