"A Dream of Flight: Alberto Santos-Dumont's Race Around the Eiffel Tower,"
by Rob and Jef Polivka
illustrations by Rob Polivka
Published by Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group (2019)
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Alberto Santos-Dumont grew up in Brazil and moved to France where he invented what he called "airships." He raced against time with his Airship No. 6 in attempt to win the Deutsch Prize. Read this book to be inspired by this inventor, pioneer in flight, and for the results of the competition.
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