Condition: New,UPC: 9780808591740,Publication Date: Sat, August 1, 1987,Type: Hardcover ,
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9This book . . . recounts the persistence of a Frenchman, Louis, to build a flying machine to cross the English Channel. . . . The text is succinct, caption-like in its directness and brevity. . . . The paintings . . . add the necessary texture and tone to this marriage. This is vintage Provensen.--School Library Journal. Caldecott Medal.