The Glorious Flight
1983 picture book by Alice and Martin Provensen
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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.
The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Blériot | |
| Author | Alice and Martin Provensen |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Alice and Martin Provensen |
| Cover artist | Provensen |
| Genre | Children's picture book |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
Publication date | 1983 |
| Publication place | United States |
| ISBN | 978-0-670-34259-4 |
| OCLC | 8430315 |
| 629.13/092/4 B 19 | |
| LC Class | TL721.B5 P76 1983 |
Released by Viking Press, in 1983, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1984.[1]