Lighter Than Air: Sophie Blanchard, the First Woman Pilot

by Matt Tavares and Matthew Clark Smith

Book Overview

Take to the skies with the beautifully told tale of Sophie Blanchard -- a woman meant for the air -- as she discovers the incomparable sensation of flight. Behold the story of Sophie Blanchard, an extraordinary woman who is largely forgotten despite her claim to being the very first female pilot in history. In eighteenth-century France, "balloonomania" has fiercely gripped the nation . . . but all of the pioneering aeronauts are men. The job of shattering...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763677329
• ISBN13: 9780763677329
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.7" x 11.9"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4