| The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot Contributor(s): Provensen, Alice (Author), Provensen, Martin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0140507299 ISBN-13: 9780140507294 Publisher: Puffin Books OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1987 Annotation: "This book . . . recounts the persistence of a Frenchman, Louis, 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. Caldecott Medal. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 86025473 |
| Lexile Measure: 630 |
| Series: Picture Puffin Books |
| Physical Information: 0.15" H x 10.05" W x 8.19" (0.32 lbs) 40 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 21232 Reading Level: 2.6 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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 |