| Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot, July 25, 1909 Bound for Schoo Edition Contributor(s): Provensen, Alice (Author) |
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ISBN: 0808591746 ISBN-13: 9780808591740 Publisher: Turtleback Books OUR PRICE: $17.34 Product Type: Prebound - 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 Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical - Juvenile Nonfiction | Transportation - Aviation |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 86025473 |
| Lexile Measure: 630 |
| Series: Picture Puffin Books |
| Physical Information: 0.37" H x 10.12" W x 8.34" (0.73 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: 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. |