The flying girl : how Aida de Acosta learned to soar / Margarita Engle ; illustrated by Sara Palacios.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First editionDescription: 31 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781481445023
- 1481445022
- Acosta, Aida de, 1884-1962 -- Juvenile literature
- Santos-Dumont, Alberto, 1873-1932 -- Juvenile literature
- Women air pilots -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Women in aeronautics -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Flight -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Airships -- Juvenile literature
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Biography | Acosta, A. E58 | Available | 33111008880292 | ||||
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Biography | Acosta, A. E58 | Available | 33111009177268 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In this beautiful picture book filled with soaring words and buoyant illustrations, award-winners Margarita Engle and Sara Palacios tell the inspiring true story of Aída de Acosta, the first woman to fly a motorized aircraft.
On a lively street in the lovely city of Paris, a girl named Aída glanced up and was dazzled by the sight of an airship. Oh, how she wished she could soar through the sky like that! The inventor of the airship, Alberto, invited Aída to ride with him, but she didn't want to be a passenger. She wanted to be the pilot.
Aída was just a teenager, and no woman or girl had ever flown before. She didn't let that stop her, though. All she needed was courage and a chance to try.
Ages 4-8.
K to grade 3.
"Six months before the famous Wright Brothers' first flight, Aída de Acosta became the first woman to fly a powered aircraft."-- Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references.