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Up & Down: The Adventures of John Jeffries, First American to Fly
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Up & Down: The Adventures of John Jeffries, First American to Fly Hardcover - 2018

by Brown, Don

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Swept up by the European ballooning craze of the 1780s, Boston-born Dr. John Jeffries longed to become the first person to fly across the English Channel. But first he had to outwit a rascally copilot, keep the balloon from bursting, and avoid crashing into the sea. Full color.

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Charlesbridge, 6/12/2018. Illustrated. hardcover. Like New. 9x0x11. LIKE NEW!!! Has a red or black remainder mark on bottom/exterior edge of pages.
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  • Title Up & Down: The Adventures of John Jeffries, First American to Fly
  • Author Brown, Don
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Illustrated
  • Condition New
  • Pages 40
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Charlesbridge
  • Date 6/12/2018
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # HC-LN-1580898122
  • ISBN 9781580898126 / 1580898122
  • Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.2 x 8.8 x 0.5 in (28.45 x 22.35 x 1.27 cm)
  • Ages 06 to 09 years
  • Grade levels 1 - 4
  • Reading level 860
  • Library of Congress subjects Physicians, Balloonists
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2017012706
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Booklist, 06/01/2018, Page 80
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 06/01/2018, Page 0
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2019, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews, 04/15/2018, Page 0
  • School Library Journal, 06/01/2018, Page 97

About the author

Don Brown is the author and illustrator of more than two dozen books for young readers, including Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans, an Orbis Pictus Award winner and a Sibert Honor book. He has been widely praised for his resonant storytelling and expressive watercolor paintings that evoke the excitement, humor, pain, and joy of lives lived with passion. School Library Journal has called him "a current pacesetter who has put the finishing touches on the standards for storyographies."