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Sprouting wings : the true story of James Herman Banning, the first African American pilot to fly across the United States  Cover Image Book Book

Sprouting wings : the true story of James Herman Banning, the first African American pilot to fly across the United States / Louisa Jaggar & Shari Becker ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper.

Jaggar, Louisa, (author.). Becker, Shari, (author.). Cooper, Floyd, (illustrator.).

Summary:

"James Herman Banning always dreamed of touching the sky. But how could a farm boy from Oklahoma find a plane? And how would he learn to fly it? None of the other pilots looked like him. In a journey that would span 3,300 miles, take twenty-one days, and inspire a nation, James Herman Banning proved that you can't put barriers on dreams." -- Amazon.com.
"The true story of James Herman Banning, the first African American pilot to fly across the United States"-- Provided by publisher.

Item details

  • ISBN: 9781984847621
  • ISBN: 1984847627
  • ISBN: 9781984847638
  • ISBN: 1984847635
  • ISBN: 9781984847652
  • ISBN: 1984847651
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Crown Books for Young Readers, [2021]

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 5-7.
Grades K-1.
Subject: Banning, James Herman > Juvenile literature.
African American air pilots > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Cross-country flying > United States > Juvenile literature.
Banning, James Herman.
Air pilots.
Cross-country flying.
African American > Biography.
Banning, James Herman.
African American air pilots.
Cross-country flying.
United States.
Genre: Biographies.
Juvenile works.
Picture books.
Biographies.

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      Athens-Clarke County Library
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      Bogart Library
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