- Juvenile literature, Air pilots, Airplanes, Design and construction
A biography of the man whose fascination with flying machines produced the Bleriot XI, which crossed the English Channel in thirty-seven minutes in the early 1900's.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and resolved.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- Alice Provensen, Martin Provensen
- First published
- 1983
- Pages
- 39
- Publisher
- Tandem Library, Hutchinson, Penguin Books
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780140507294
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“It all began one morning.”
Alice Provensen collaborated with her late husband, Martin, on numerous highly acclaimed picture books, including the Caldecott Medal-winning The Glorious Flight and Nancy Willard's Newbery Medal-winning A Visit to William Blake's Inn, which was also a Caldecott Honor Book. The Provensens have been on the New York Times list of the Ten Best Illustrated Books eight times.
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