Lighter Than Air: Sophie Blanchard, the First Woman Pilot

Lighter Than Air: Sophie Blanchard, the First Woman Pilot
Author: Matthew Clark Smith
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2017-03-14
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0763677329


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Shares the life of the first female to work as a professional balloonist, making more than sixty ascents until 1819, when she became the first woman to die in an aviation accident.


Lighter Than Air: Sophie Blanchard, the First Woman Pilot
Language: en
Pages: 33
Authors: Matthew Clark Smith
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-03-14 - Publisher: Candlewick Press

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Shares the life of the first female to work as a professional balloonist, making more than sixty ascents until 1819, when she became the first woman to die in a
Lighter Than Air
Language: en
Pages: 32
Authors: Matthew Clark Smith
Categories: Ballooning
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-10 - Publisher:

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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 eigh
Lighter than Air: Sophie Blanchard, the First Woman Pilot: Candlewick Biographies
Language: en
Pages: 41
Authors: Matthew Clark Smith
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-03-19 - Publisher: Candlewick

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“Smith tells Sophie’s inspiring story with a buoyant sense of wonder, fitting for a woman who was happiest in the air. Her accomplishments and passion for f
Wood, Wire, Wings
Language: en
Pages: 48
Authors: Kirsten W. Larson
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-06-23 - Publisher: Thinkingdom

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This riveting nonfiction picture book biography explores both the failures and successes of self-taught engineer Emma Lilian Todd as she tackles one of the grea
Mr. Ferris and His Wheel
Language: en
Pages: 45
Authors: Kathryn Gibbs Davis
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014 - Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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Examines how the engineer George Ferris invented and constructed the amusement park ride that bears his name for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.