Lighter than air : Sophie Blanchard, the first female pilot
Smith, Matthew Clark, 1982-2018
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Place reservation for Lighter than air : Sophie Blanchard, the first female pilotBehold 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 18th-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 to accompany an aeronaut on a trip, but she will become the first woman to climb to the clouds and steer her own course.
Main title:
Lighter than air : Sophie Blanchard, the first female pilot / Matthew Clark Smith ; illustrated by Matt Tavares.
Author:
Smith, Matthew Clark, 1982-, authorTavares, Matt, artist
Imprint:
London : Walker Books and Subsidiaries, 2018.
Collation:
30 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 28 cm
Notes:
Originally published: Somerville, Massachesetts: Candlewick Press, 2017.Originally published: 2017.Includes bibliographical references.
Audience:
Juvenile.
ISBN:
9781406386257 (pbk)
Language:
English
Subject:
Blanchard, Sophie -- Juvenile literatureBlanchard, Sophie -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literatureWomen balloonists -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureBalloonists -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureBallooning -- History -- Juvenile literatureNon-Fiction 7+Science, Maths and TechnologyWomen balloonists -- France -- Biography -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literatureBalloonists -- France -- Biography -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literatureBallooning -- History -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile literature
BRN:
2314859
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