The Glorious Flight

1983 picture book by Alice and Martin Provensen
The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Blériot
The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Blériot
AuthorAlice and Martin Provensen
IllustratorAlice and Martin Provensen
Cover artistProvensen
GenreChildren's picture book
PublisherViking Press
Publication date
1983
Publication placeUnited States
ISBN978-0-670-34259-4
OCLC8430315
629.13/092/4 B 19
LC ClassTL721.B5 P76 1983

The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Blériot is a 1993 children's picture book written by Alice and Martin Provensen. The book is a biography of the French aviator Louis Blériot, who built the Blériot XI and flew it across the English Channel in 1909.

Released by Viking Press, in 1983, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1984.[1]

References

  1. ^ American Library Association: Caldecott Medal Winners, 1938 - Present Archived 2011-10-18 at the Wayback Machine. URL accessed 27 May 2009.

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