The Hallelujah Flight /Phil Bildner .
- New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, (c)2010.
- (unpaged) : illustrations, map ; 25 x 26 cm
In 1932, James Banning, along with his co-pilot Thomas Allen, make history by becoming the first African Americans to fly across the United States, relying on the generosity of people they meet in the towns along the way who help keep their "flying jalopy" going.
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011
9780399247897
2009010362
Air pilots--African Americans--Juvenile fiction. Air pilots--Fiction. Transcontinental flights--Fiction. Flight--Fiction. African Americans--Fiction.
Kindergarten. Grade one. Grade two. Grade three.
Children's stories Picture books for children. Historical fiction.