Lighter than Air: Sophie Blanchard, the First Woman Pilot
Take to the skies with the beautifully told tale of Sophie Blanchard — a woman meant for the air — as she discovers the incomparable sensation of flight.Behold the story of Sophie Blanchard, an extraordinary woman who is largely forgotten despite her claim to being the very first female pilot in history. In eighteenth-century France, balloonomania” has fiercely gripped the nation . . . but all of the pioneering aeronauts are men. The job of shattering that myth falls to a most unlikely figure: a shy girl from a seaside village, entirely devoted to her dream of flight. Sophie is not the first woman to ascend in a balloon, nor the first woman t…
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Weitere Autoren: Tavares, Matt
- ISBN: 978-0-7636-7732-9
- EAN: 9780763677329
- Produktnummer: 20288812
- Verlag: Random House N.Y.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 32 S.
- Ausstattung: Bilderbuch
- Sonstiges: Ab 6 - 9 J.
Über den Autor
Matthew Clark Smith has a master's degree in creative writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. He lives in Jackson, Mississippi.Matt Tavares has written and illustrated many books for children, including Crossing Niagara, Zachary's Ball, Oliver's Game, Mudball, Henry Aaron's Dream, There Goes Ted Williams, Becoming Babe Ruth, and Growing Up Pedro. He is also the illustrator of Alicia Potter's Jubilee!, Doreen Rappaport's Lady Liberty, and Kristin Kladstrup's The Gingerbread Pirates. He lives in Ogunquit, Maine.
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