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Lighter than air : Sophie Blanchard, the first woman pilot Cover Image Book

Lighter than air : Sophie Blanchard, the first woman pilot / Matthew Clark Smith ; illustrated by Matt Tavares.

Smith, Matthew Clark, 1982- (author.). Tavares, Matt, (illustrator.).

Summary:

Shares the life of the first female to work as a professional balloonist, a woman who made more than sixty ascents until her death in an aviation accident in 1819.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780763677329
  • ISBN: 0763677329
  • Physical Description: 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 31 x 23 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2017.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Target Audience Note:
790L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 4.4 0.5 188184.

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Subject:
Blanchard, Marie-Madeleine-Sophie Armand, 1778-1819 > Juvenile literature.
Women balloonists > France > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Balloonists > France > Biography > Juvenile literature.
France > History > 18th century > Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Biographies.

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  • 25 of 25 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at McDowell County Public Library.

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