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The flying girl how Aida de Acosta learned to soar

"Six months before the famous Wright Brothers' first flight, Aída de Acosta became the first woman to fly a powered aircraft."--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Engle, Margarita (Author)
Other Authors:	Palacios, Sara (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York ; London ; Toronto : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2018]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Acosta, Aida de, > 1884-1962 > Juvenile nonfiction. Santos-Dumont, Alberto, > 1873-1932 > Juvenile nonfiction. Women air pilots > United States > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction. Women in aeronautics > History > Juvenile nonfiction. Airships > Juvenile nonfiction. Biographies > Juvenile. Picture books.
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Summary:	"Six months before the famous Wright Brothers' first flight, Aída de Acosta became the first woman to fly a powered aircraft."--
Physical Description:	31 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Audience:	Ages 4-8. K to grade 3.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9781481445023 1481445022
Author Notes:	Margarita Engle is a Cuban-American poet and novelist. Her books include The Wild Book, Tropical Secrets, The Firefly Letters, The Lightning Dreamer, When You Wander, Mountain Dog, and Silver People. She has received several awards including the Jane Addams Children's Book Award, the Pura Belpré Award, the Américas Award, and the Claudia Lewis Poetry Award for The Surrender Tree and the Pura Belpré Award and the Américas Award for The Poet Slave of Cuba. (Bowker Author Biography)