Du Bois, William Pene

The adventures of a disillusioned schoolteacher who sails across the Pacific Ocean in a giant balloon, and witnesses the explosion of the island of Krakatoa.

The adventures of a disillusioned schoolteacher who sails across the Pacific Ocean in a giant balloon, and witnesses the explosion of the island of Krakatoa.

El Muchacho, the boy giant, is so huge that he uses real elephants and trains them as toys and yet is otherwise a perfectly normal boy. Grades 4-7.

The town policeman, in a huff, locks up a show troupe and a young detective contrives to set them free without hurting the policeman's feelings. He discovers, however, that they actually are criminals and he must get them behind bars again.