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

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


No. of pages 40

Published: 2014

Great for age 7-10 years

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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.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is aimed at children in preschool-3rd grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 4-8 years.

There are 40 pages in this book. This book was published in 2014 by Simon & Schuster .

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

 

This book has been nominated for the following award:

Caldecott Award
The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

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

-- "Publishers Weekly"

 

"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"