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You may also like:
The Glorious Flight:
Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot
paperback
Written By: Alice & Martin Provensen
Price: $6.99
Availability: Usually ships within 24
hours
Product Details
Publisher: Viking
Date Published: originally published October, 1983
Format: Paperback
Pages: 40 pages
Ages: 3 - 8
Reviews:
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 testure and tone to this marriage. This is vintage Provensen" – School Library Journal
The magnificent Caldecott Medal-winning book
about a daring historic event. Ages 3-8. -
Publishers Weekly
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information,
Inc.
Awards:
1984 Caldecott Medal Winner
