Flying Free: How Bessie Coleman's Dreams Took Flight

by Karyn Parsons

Book Overview

Based on Karyn Parson's critically acclaimed Sweet Blackberry video series comes the story of Bessie Coleman, the first African American pilot to fight for her right to fly.

Before Bessie Coleman blazed a high trail with her plane . . . Before she performed in 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316457191
• ISBN13: 9780316457194
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 5.4" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3