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Author:

Alexander, Carol, 1955- author.

Title:

Bessie Coleman : trailblazing pilot / by Carol Alexander.

Publisher:

Children's Pressan Imprint of Scholastic Inc.,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

32 pages : illustrations, color map ; 19 cm.

Subject:

Coleman, Bessie,--1892-1926--Juvenile literature.
African American women air pilots--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Air pilots--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Illustrated works--Juvenile literature.
Biographies--Juvenile literature.
Illustrated works.
Biographies.

Other Authors:

Shepherd, Jodie.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Meet Bessie Coleman -- A new start -- A dream of flight -- Taking off! -- Brave Bess.

Summary:

Meet Bessie Coleman. She was the first African-American woman to earn her international pilots license. And she did so against great odds. No one in America was willing to teach a black woman to fly. Still, Bessie never gave up on her dream of becoming a world-famous aviator.

Series:

Rookie biographies

ISBN:

1518205305 (prebind)
9781518205309 (prebind) :
0531226344 (pbk.)
9780531226346 (pbk.)
0531225453 (library binding)
9780531225455 (library binding)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)910664559

LCCN:

2015020966

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

LASX353 -- CAL Community School District Library (Latimer)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)