Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride (with audio recording)

by Marjorie Priceman, Marjorie Priceman (Illustrator)

Overview

The first "manned" hot-air balloon is about to take off! But what are those noises coming from the basket?
Based on the (POSSIBLY) true report of a day in 1783, this si the story of (PERHAPS) the bravest collection of flyers the world has ever seen, as (SORT OF) told to Marjorie Priceman.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781481439053
Publisher:	Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	12/09/2014
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	40
Sales rank:	936,985
Lexile:	AD610L (what's this?)
File size:	40 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Marjorie Priceman, illustrator of many acclaimed picture books, has won Caldecott Honors for her illustrations in Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin! by Lloyd Moss and Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the Frist Hot-Air Balloon Ride, which she also wrote. She lives in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

Editorial Reviews

"llustrations are chock-a-block with goofy shenanigans that demand several viewings."
— The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

"A tale that's sure to soar with young readers."
— Publishers Weekly

"Priceman's wonderful, vivacious black ink and watercolor paintings... add motion and buoyancy to an already soaring tale of a historic hot-air balloon ride."
— Kirkus Reviews

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