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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
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.
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
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.
Alice ProvensenandMartin Provensenwere anAmericancouple who illustrated more than 40children's bookstogether, 19 of which they also wrote and edited. Theywon the Caldecott Medal for The Glorious Flight.
"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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