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Balloons over Broadway : the true story of the puppeteer of Macy's Parade / written and illustrated by Melissa Sweet.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, [2011]Copyright date: copyright 2011Description: 34 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 x 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780547199450 (trade)
  • 9780329926298 (Follett bdg.)
  • 0547199457
  • 0329926292
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 921 SAR 791.5/3/092 B E 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1982.S27 S84 2011
Awards:
  • Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award/Honors, 2012.
Summary: Tells the story of puppeteer Tony Sarg, the man who first invented the helium balloons that have become the trademark of the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
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School Library Journal starred, September 2011.

Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2012.

Booklist starred, September 2011.

Horn Book Starred, November 2011.

Pub Weekly, August 2011.

Kirkus Starred, September 2011.

New York Times, November 2011.

Bulletin (Center for Children's books), December 2011.

Tells the story of puppeteer Tony Sarg, the man who first invented the helium balloons that have become the trademark of the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

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Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award/Honors, 2012.

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