The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot

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

Author: Alice Provensen, Martin Provensen
Publisher: Puffin Books
Published: 08/01/1987
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.32lbs
Size: 8.19h x 10.05w x 0.15d
ISBN13: 9780140507294
ISBN10: 0140507299
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Classics

About the Author
Alice Provensen and Martin Provensen were an American couple who illustrated more than 40 children's books together, 19 of which they also wrote and edited. They won the Caldecott Medal for The Glorious Flight.