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Provensen, Alice , Provensen, Martin

The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Blériot

40 pp. | Viking | September, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-0-670-34259-4 $17.99
Reissue (1983)

(2) K-3 The Provensens' sublime picture book (winner of the 1984 Caldecott Medal) about French aviation pioneer Louis Blériot, the first man to fly across the English Channel, is once again available in hardcover. With breathtaking perspectives, gorgeous colors, engaging characters, and a très droll text, the book not only transports readers to turn-of-the-twentieth-century France but also conveys the experience of flight with immediacy.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: December, 1983