"Factually accurate, yes-but also a witty pictorial reincarnation of Bleriot's first experience of an airship . . . There's dash, style, and economy here in both text and pictures."--Kirkus Reviews
"Fact is turned into magic."--The New York Times Book Review
"This book...recounts the persistence of a Frenchman, Louis Bleriot, 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
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.
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Vendeur : Cambridge Recycled Books, Cambridge, Royaume-Uni
hardcover. Etat : Good. Some spotting to half title page, a couple of other pages and dust jacket flaps. About 1cm tear to top front edge of dust jacket. N° de réf. du vendeur SN98230831002
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Vendeur : Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st UK Edition; First Printing. First British edition/first printing in Near Fine condition, light bumping to edges in alike dust-jacket; The winner of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1984 captures the story of Louis Blériot, the first pilot to fly across the English Channel, eighteen years before Charles Lindbergh's flight across the Atlantic. Alice and Martin Provensen's richly detailed paintings convey this exciting and historic event with wonderful authenticity; Color Illustrations; Oblong 4to; [3], 4-39, [1] pages. N° de réf. du vendeur 34293
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