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The flying girl : how Aida de Acosta learned to soar / Margarita Engle ; illustrated by Sara Palacios.

Van Pelt Library TL540.A38 E54 2018
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Engle, Margarita, author.
Contributor:
Palacios, Sara, illustrator.
Immigrant and Refugee Experiences in Children's and Young Adult Literature Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Santos-Dumont, Alberto, 1873-1932.
Women air pilots--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Women air pilots.
Airships.
Women in aeronautics.
History.
United States.
Women in aeronautics--History--Juvenile literature.
Airships--Juvenile literature.
Women air pilots--United States--Biography.
Women in aeronautics--History.
Flight--History.
Picture books for children.
Flight.
Acosta, Aida de, 1884-1962--Juvenile literature.
Acosta, Aida de.
Santos-Dumont, Alberto, 1873-1932--Juvenile literature.
Santos-Dumont, Alberto.
Acosta, Aida de, 1884-1962.
Genre:
Biographies.
History.
Juvenile works.
Picture books.
Physical Description:
31 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York ; London ; Toronto : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2018]
Summary:
"Six months before the famous Wright Brothers' first flight, Aída de Acosta became the first woman to fly a powered aircraft."-- Provided by publisher.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781481445023
1481445022
OCLC:
931860722
Publisher Number:
99987197097

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