Flying free : how Bessie Coleman's dreams took flight / by Karyn Parsons ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie.
Material type: TextSeries: Sweet blackberry bookPublisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2020Edition: First editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 28 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780316457194
- 0316457191
- How Bessie Coleman's dreams took flight
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Biography | COLEMAN, B. P268 | Available | 33111010466130 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Before Bessie Coleman blazed a high trail with her plane. Before she was performing death-defying flying shows, that would earn her fame as, 'Queen Bess.' Before she traveled the country speaking out against discrimination. Bessie was a little girl with a big imagination that took her to the sky, through the clouds, and past the birds.
Knocking down barriers, one by one, Bessie endured racism and grueling training to become the first female African-American pilot, and an inspiration to Mae Jemison, Josephine Baker, and many more influential people of color for years to come.
"The story of Bessie Coleman, the first African American woman to earn her pilot's license."-- Provided by publisher.
Ages 4-8 Little, Brown and Company.