The longer text makes this best for upper elementary, but I like that it celebrated her resilience throughout her life, not just in the cockpit.

Fabulous biography in verse about aviatrix Bessie Coleman -- what a spirit, what a strong and inspiring woman!
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Talkin' about Bessie is a story about the first African American woman who learned how to fly. This book is fiction, but based on an incredible true story told through the perspective of many. This would be great for intermediate readers ince it is a very long and wordy picture book.

A story about Bessie Coleman told through the eyes of friends and family each page having a different narrator. This story has great details about Bessie's life and is told in such an interesting way by incorporating all the different points of views of her friends and family. This was a great read with a lot of information and the illustrations are really beautiful. I would recommend this book for 1st grade and up. ( )

Depicts the history of Elizabeth Coleman, her resiliency, determination, and dreamer mind, through a series of eulogies. ( )