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Author:

Dennis, Elizabeth, author.

Title:

Fearless flyers, dazzle painters, and code talkers! : World War I / by Elizabeth Dennis ; illustrated by Valerio Fabbretti.

Publisher:

Simon Spotlightan imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

47 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

World War, 1914-1918--Military intelligence--Juvenile literature.
Military intelligence--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.
Readers (Publications)

Other Authors:

Fabbretti, Valerio, illustrator.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The Great War -- Cubism, camouflage, and razzle dazzle -- The Choctaw Telephone Squad! -- Eugene Bullard: the fearless flyer -- But wait...there's more!

Summary:

Do you know about the adventures of Eugene Bullard, the first African-American fighter pilot, who fought in World War I? Did you know that, in the same war, America used a kind of camouflage called Dazzle Painting that made ships look like Easter eggs? Or that Americans Indians sent secret messages as code talkers in the Choctaw Telephone Squad? Find out in this book of amazing true stories!

Series:

Secrets of American history
Ready to read. Level three, megastar reader!

ISBN:

153441052X
9781534410527
1534410511
9781534410510

OCLC:

(OCoLC)989964036

LCCN:

2017046001

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