Author: Mary Calhoun
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0688040683
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44

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A sassy Siamese cat stows away on a hot air balloon and ends up taking a fur-raising flight across the mountains.

Author: Jason Henry
Publisher: Union Square Kids
ISBN: 9781454923602
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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More than a century before the Wright Brothers invented their plane, brothers Joseph and ƒtienne Montgolfier sent a flying machine into the skies--a hot-air balloon with three animals in the basket. This picture book chronicles that first, magical journey! Full color.

Author: Mary Calhoun
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780613079563
Category : Cats
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A stowaway cat proves his worth as a sailor during a sudden storm.

Author: Buffy Silverman
Publisher: Lerner Publications ™
ISBN: 1541505972
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33

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Hot air balloons are huge and colorful. They're lots of fun to watch. But how do they fly? And how do people control where the hot air balloon goes? Read this book to find out!

Author: Mary Calhoun
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0688065198
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44

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What kind of cat would go sliding off on skis, and who'd believe it anyway? When the family accidentally leaves Henry, their sassy Siamese, behind at the ski lodge, he takes matters into his own paws in this beguiling adventure.

Author: Jill Atkins
Publisher: Maverick Arts
ISBN: 1848867883
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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A charming animal adventure story that shows how an act of kindness can be returned when in need. Filled with beautiful illustrations and details that children can search for. One day, Raccoon helps an eagle chick back into their nest and it makes Raccoon wish she could fly. She goes to sleep and flies in her dreams. Suddenly, she is woken by a noise – it is an amazing hot air balloon. It lands and she sees an opportunity for adventure. She climbs in and nibbles away the ropes. Soon she is flying! What an adventure but Raccoon soon realizes that she is not actually sure how she can get down... Luckily, the mother eagle sees her and enlists the help of other birds to drop stones in the basket until the hot air balloon gently drifts down. Raccoon thinks she is finished with adventure – until she sees a speed boat! This simple but stunning book is perfect for storytime. There are so many details that can be pointed out and discussed. A real treasure of a book.

Author: Eleanor Coerr
Publisher: Perfection Learning
ISBN: 9780812414844
Category : Balloon ascensions
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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After almost causing her famous mother to lose a balloon race, Ariel helps her win it.

Author: Henry Clark
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316206679
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 262

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This clever comic adventure from debut author Henry Clark is a truly original and utterly wacky story about the importance of intelligence and curiosity in a complacent world. The adventure of a lifetime begins between two sofa cushions.... When River, Freak, and Fiona discover a mysterious sofa sitting at their bus stop, their search for loose change produces a rare zucchini-colored crayon. Little do they know this peculiar treasure is about to launch them into the middle of a plot to conquer the world! The kids' only hope is to trap the plot's mastermind when he comes to steal the crayon. But how can three kids from the middle of nowhere stop an evil billionaire? With the help of an eccentric neighbor, an artificially intelligent domino, a DNA-analyzing tray, two hot air balloons, and a cat named Mucus, they just might be able to save the planet.

Author: Keith Robertson
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0140341447
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Henry Reed has arrived in Grover's Corner--and the town will never be the same. While spending the summer with his aunt and uncle, Henry comes up with a sure-fire money-making project: Henry Reed, Inc., Research. Henry's neighbor, Midge Glass, has an even more sure-fire hit: Reed and Glass, Inc. Now with Henry's ingenious mind and Midge's practical reasoning, Reed and Class Inc. turns into a huge success--while creating more bewildering and outrageous schemes than the townfold could have imagined.

Author: Matthew Olshan
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 1466896485
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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In the year and a half since the flight of the first manned balloon in 1783, an Italian has flown, a Scot has flown, a woman has flown, even a sheep has flown. But no one has flown from one country to another. John Jeffries, an Englishman, and his pilot, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, a Frenchman, want to be the first. On January 7, 1785, they set out to cross the English Channel to France in a balloon. All seemed to be going fine, until Jeffries decides the balloon looks too fat and adjusts the air valve—how hard could it be? Too bad he drops the wrench over the side of the aerial car. With no way to adjust the valve, the balloon begins to sink. Jeffries and Blanchard throw as much as they can overboard—until there is nothing left, not even their clothes. Luckily, they come up with a clever (and surprising) solution that saves the day. A VOYAGE IN THE CLOUDS from Matthew Olshan and Sophie Blackall is a journey that will keep kids laughing the whole way. A Margaret Ferguson Book