num_pages: 40
description: Winner of the Caldecott Medal, this stunningly illustrated book depicts Louis Bleriot's historic first cross-Channel flight.“Factually accurate, yes-but also a witty pictorial reincarnation of Bleriot’s first experience of an airship”-- Kirkus Reviews
language: English
title: The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot July 25, 1909
titlecomplete: The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot July 25, 1909 (Picture Puffin Books)
characters: Louis Blériot
genres: Historical, History, Childrens, Adventure, Picture Books, France, Aviation, Aeroplanes, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 3095
awards: awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Caldecott Medal
publisher: Puffin Books