Lighter than Air - Sophie Blanchard, the First Woman Pilot: Candlewick Biographies

"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 flight are brought beautifully to life by Tavares." -- Booklist (starred review) Take to the skies with 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 until a shy girl comes along, devoted to her dream of flight. Sophie is not the first woman to ascend in a balloon, nor the first woman to accompany an aeronaut on a trip, but she will become the first woman to climb to the clouds and steer her own course.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Clark Smith, Matthew Clark/ Tavares Smith, Matt Tavares
• Assisted by: Matt Tavares (Illustration)
• Publisher: Candlewick Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 6 to 9
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2019
• EAN: 9781536205541
• ISBN: 978-1-5362-0554-1
• No. of pages: 40
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 238 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Candlewick Biographies; Candlewick Biographies
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Natural science, technology