The glorious flight : across the Channel with Louis Blériot, July 25, 1909 / Alice and Martin Provensen.

By:

Provensen, Alice

Contributor(s):

Provensen, Martin

Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Puffin Books, 1987, c1983.Description: 39 p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0140507299 (pbk.) :

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

TL721.B5 P76 1987

Awards:

1984 Caldecott winner

Summary: "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.

List(s) this item appears in: Juvenile Collection

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Shelving location	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Barcode
Books	American University in Dubai	American University in Dubai	Children's Books	JUV PROV (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Copy Type:01 - Books	Available	637850

Reprint. Originally published: New York : Viking Press, 1983.

"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.

1984 Caldecott winner

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