Glorious Flight Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot, The
Publication Information
Author:  Provensen, Alice & Provensen, Martin	Illustrator:  Provensen, Alice & Provensen, Martin
Title:  Glorious Flight Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot, The	Date:  1983
Publisher:  Penguin Books	City:  New York, NY
ISBN, paperback:	ISBN, hardback:  0-14-050729-9
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    historical fiction
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies
Summary:
Teachers should note that the child's perspective and art might put some adult readers off. However, this retelling of Louis Bleriot's flight across the English Channel broadens Americans' view of Orville and Wilbur Wright.
Teaching Ideas:
This book fits well into a unit on flight with Freedman's The Wright Brothers, Moser's Fly! and Burleigh's Flight. Teachers might want to point out the stages of evolution of Bleriot's planes and what he learns each time. What does this portrait tell us about inventors?
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Geography > locations > countries > England > English Channel History > region > Europe Science > scientists/inventors > Wright Brothers Transportation > flight > aviation Science > scientists/inventors > Bleriot, Louis

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