The glorious flight
by Alice Provensen, Martin Provensen
Juvenile literatureAir pilotsAirplanesDesign and constructionJuvenile fiction
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A biography of the man whose fascination with flying machines produced the Bleriot XI, which crossed the English Channel in thirty-seven minutes in the early 1900's.
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Juvenile literatureAir pilotsAirplanesDesign and constructionJuvenile fictionBleriot, Louis, 1872-1936
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Alice Provensen
14 August 1918 – 23 April 2018
Alice Provensen collaborated with her late husband, Martin, on numerous highly acclaimed picture books, including the Caldecott Medal-winning The Glorious Flight and Nancy Willard's Newbery Medal-winning A Visit to William Blake's Inn, which was also a Caldecott Honor Book. The Provensens have been on the New York Times list of the Ten Best Illustrated Books eight times.
Martin Provensen
10 July 1916 – 27 March 1987
Alice Provensen and Martin Provensen were an American author-illustrator team who created children's books. There was a remarkable similarity to the couple's early histories. Both were born in Chicago, Illinois, and both moved to California when they were twelve. Both received scholarships to the Art Institute of Chicago, and both attended the University of California, though at separate campuses. After college, Alice went to work with Walter Lantz Studio, the creators of Woody Woodpecker, and Martin took work with the rival Walt Disney Studio, where he collaborated on Dumbo, Fantasia, and Pinocchio. The pair met in 1943 when Martin, working as a creator of training films for the Ameri…
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