Bessie Coleman : trailblazing pilot / by Carol Alexander ; [poem by Jodie Shepherd].
Material type: TextSeries: Rookie biographyPublisher: New York, NY : Children's Press, an Imprint of Scholastic, 2016Description: 32 pages : illustrations, color map ; 19 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780531225455
- 0531225453
- 9780531226346
- 0531226344
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Reader | Coleman, B. A375 | Available | 33111008146272 | ||||
Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Reader | Coleman, B. A375 | Available | 33111008368017 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Meet Bessie Coleman the first African-American woman to earn her international pilot's license against great odds.Fact-filled Rookie Read-About Biographies introduce the youngest readers to influential women and men, both past and present. Colorful photos and age appropriate text encourage children to read on their own--as they learn about people like Serena Williams, Neil Armstrong, Rosa Parks, Anne Frank and many more. No one in America was willing to teach a black woman to fly. Still, Bessie never gave up on her dream of becoming a world-famous aviator.
Includes index.
Meet Bessie Coleman -- A new start -- A dream of flight -- Taking off! -- Brave Bess.