| Up and Away!: How Two Brothers Invented the Hot-Air Balloon Contributor(s): Henry, Jason (Author) |
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ISBN: 1454923601 ISBN-13: 9781454923602 Publisher: Union Square Kids OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology - Inventions - Juvenile Nonfiction | Transportation - Aviation - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Europe |
| Dewey: B |
| Lexile Measure: 940 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 8.8" W x 11" (1.10 lbs) 48 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "It will . . . sweep readers away." --Kirkus Reviews "Henry's lush, digital artwork depicts the splendors of eighteenth-century France . . . a good addition to units on aviation and inventors." --Booklist More than a century before the Wright Brothers invented their plane, Josephand tienne Montgolfier sent a flying machine into the skies--a hot-air balloon with three animals in the basket. Go up, up, and away with them on their first, magical journey Back in 1782, in Ard che, France, lived Joseph Montgolfier, a dreamer and an inventor who liked to learn about how everything worked. When one day a gust of wind blew his papers into the fireplace, he noticed that something lifted the pieces into the air--and he realized that heat could make things rise. With the help of his brother, tienne, he began to experiment . . . and created a new kind of flying machine: a hot-air balloon This beautifully illustrated picture book tells the story of how the balloon came to be, King Louis XVI's visit to see it fly, and the three animals--a rooster, a duck, and a sheep--who became its very first passengers. |