Up and Away!

Name: Up and Away!
Brand: Union Square Kids
SKU: 9781454923602
Price: 18.99 USD
Availability: InStock

How Two Brothers Invented the Hot-Air Balloon

Hardback

Variants

by Jason Henry

$18.99

Buy from Other Retailers:

“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 Étienne 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 Ardèche, 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, Étienne, 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.
Read More

Published By Union Square Kids

Format Hardback

Category

Kids

People & Places

Number Of Pages 48

Publication Date 08/07/2018

ISBN 9781454923602

Dimensions 8.95 inches x 11.2 inches

Shipping calculated at checkout.

Share
Facebook Twitter Pinterest

Up and Away!

Shop

Information

Customer Support

Hachette Book Group