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cstoeger's review against another edition
First flight across the English channel.
heetlibrarian's review against another edition
4.0
My students took one look at the cover and thought it was about the Wright Brothers. They were excited to learn that this was about someone new to them in the flight race. They all agreed they weren't sure they would be brave enough to do what Louis Bleriot did.
crystal_reading's review against another edition
4.0
Caldecott Winner 1984
I enjoyed this story of perseverance.
I enjoyed this story of perseverance.
swinchester234's review against another edition
3.0
The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel With Louis Bleriot is written and illustrated by Alice and Martin Provinson. This book details the incredible journey of a Frenchman that created a flying machine and rode it across the English Channel. A prize was given out to the first man who flew across the English Channel and Bleriot decided that he would be that man. He goes through numerous inventions before he finally finds one that somewhat works. He takes this one to the channel and succeeds in flying it over the channel.
This book won the Caldecott Award in 1984 for its illustrations and although they were beautiful, I believe that the writing could have been a bit more engaging. I do not believe that I will use this book in my teaching career because it details a specific time in history about flying machines in an almost unrealistic way. This book gives no insight to later explorations of flying machines and therefore, there are better books that could be utilized for this effect.
This book won the Caldecott Award in 1984 for its illustrations and although they were beautiful, I believe that the writing could have been a bit more engaging. I do not believe that I will use this book in my teaching career because it details a specific time in history about flying machines in an almost unrealistic way. This book gives no insight to later explorations of flying machines and therefore, there are better books that could be utilized for this effect.
a_manning11's review against another edition
4.0
The illustrations transport the reader to the historical time and place. The reader gets to know Louis Bleriot, and learns about an important piece of history. More importantly, the story conveys the importance of never giving up, or 'try-try-again'.
Caldecott Medal Winner 1984.
Caldecott Medal Winner 1984.
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
3.0
Caldecott Award winning picture book about the first flight across the English Channel. Unfortunately the art was only okay and the writing was only adequate. But even with a relatively low level of execution, it is still worth reading - just not as good as it could have been.
panda_incognito's review against another edition
3.0
This historically based picture book shares the story of how Louis Blériot persevered to create a flying machine and flew across the English Channel in the Blériot XI. The illustrations are detailed and historically accurate, but they are very drab, and not deserving of a Caldecott, in my personal opinion.
I didn't enjoy this book very much. It teaches kids about early aircraft and the importance of endurance in meeting a goal, but it doesn't address the impact that the hero's obsessive attention to flying and risky behavior would have on his large family. The book also lacks sufficiently detailed historical notes.
I didn't enjoy this book very much. It teaches kids about early aircraft and the importance of endurance in meeting a goal, but it doesn't address the impact that the hero's obsessive attention to flying and risky behavior would have on his large family. The book also lacks sufficiently detailed historical notes.
libraryrobin's review against another edition
3.0
After much trial and error, a French aviation pioneer flies across the English Channel. Enjoyable, short, and informative.
david_reads_books's review against another edition
3.0
1984 Caldecott winner. A true story of the first flight across the English Channel. The story was not very 'catchy' for the intended kid audience. In staying true to nonfiction, non of the multiple Bleriot children gets pulled into the story. I would have liked seeing one of them waving, or talking about their pride in their father. The family is often drawn small into the pictures, but not prominent enough to grab kid-reader attention.
The story felt like reading a wiki entry spread out across pages with artistic pictures.
3* story, 3* pix
The story felt like reading a wiki entry spread out across pages with artistic pictures.
3* story, 3* pix