The Flying Girl: How Aída de Acosta Learned to Soar

Engle, Margarita. Illus. by Sara Palacios. 2018. 40p. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum, (9781481445023). PreS-Gr. 3.

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This biography in verse describes how courage–and a chance to try–led Aída de Acosta to become the first woman to fly a motorized aircraft.

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9781481445023

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bloomer.jpg The Amelia Bloomer Book List
The Amelia Bloomer Project, a committee of the Feminist Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table, compiles the Amelia Bloomer List, an annual annotated book list (or bibliography) of well-written and well-illustrated books with significant feminist content, intended for young readers (ages birth through 18).
Please note, this award is now called "Rise: A Feminist Book Project"
2019 - Selection(s)