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Author Provensen, Alice, author, illustrator.

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

Publication Info. New York : The Viking Press, 1983.

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department  J CALDECOTT FAVORITES PROVENSEN    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  JB BLERIOT    DUE 04-29-24
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  JB BLERIOT c.2  Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Children's Department  JB BLERIOT    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Children's Department  J BIN HISTORICAL PROVENSEN    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Children's Department  J629.13 PRO c.2  Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Children's Department  JB BLEROIT PRO    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Children's Biographies  J B BLERIOT    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J 629.13 PRO    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Children's Room  J629.13 PRO    Check Shelf

Edition 1st ed.
Description 39 pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 27 cm
age Age: Children lcdgt
edu Educational level: School children lcdgt
Audience 630 Lexile.
Decoding indicator: 80 (high) Semantic indicator: 90 (high) Syntactic indicator: 90 (high) Structure indicator: 90 (high) Lexile.
Study Program Accelerated Reader LG 2.6 0.5.
Note Art techniques used: Sepia toned acrylic, pen and ink illustrations with folk like, stylized characters.
Summary A biography of the man whose fascination with flying machines produced the Blériot XI, which crossed the English Channel in thirty-seven minutes in the early 1900s.
Awards Caldecott Medal, 1984.
Subject Blériot, Louis, 1872-1936 -- Juvenile literature.
Blériot, Louis, 1872-1936.
Blériot, Louis, 1872-1936. (OCoLC)fst00091506
Flying-machines -- Juvenile literature.
Airplanes -- Design and construction -- Juvenile literature.
Endurance flights -- Juvenile literature.
Air pilots.
Airplanes -- Design and construction.
Airplanes -- Design and construction. (OCoLC)fst00803132
Endurance flights. (OCoLC)fst00909883
Flying-machines. (OCoLC)fst00928449
Bleriot, Louis, 1872-1936.
Air pilots.
Airplanes -- Design and construction.
Genre/Form Caldecott Medal Winner -- 1984.
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Biographies.
Juvenile literature -- 1983.
Biographies -- 1984.
Curriculum Objective Trophy Series 2nd.
Added Author Provensen, Martin, author, illustrator.
Viking Press, publisher.
Other Form: Online version: Provensen, Alice. Glorious flight. 1st ed. New York : Viking Press, ©1983 (OCoLC)649935415
ISBN 0670342599
9780670342594
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