The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot July 25, 1909

Name: The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot July 25, 1909
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ISBN: 9780140507294

By: Alice Provensen

Puffin Books / 1987 / Paperback

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Title: The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot July 25, 1909
By: Alice Provensen
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 40
Vendor: Puffin Books
Publication Date: 1987

Dimensions: 8.25 X 10.00 (inches)
Weight: 5 ounces
ISBN: 0140507299
ISBN-13: 9780140507294
Ages: 5-8
Stock No: WW507292

Publisher's Description

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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

Author Bio

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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.

Editorial Reviews

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"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