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

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Puffin Books, 1987, c1983.Description: 39 p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 25 cmISBN:
  • 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
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Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Children's Books JUV PROV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 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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