balloon ascensions

A little boy floats away on his balloon across mountains, plains, cities, and the sea, until he lands on a deserted island.

Describes the historical invention and first flight of the hot-air balloon. Important people and local residents gather together on September 19, 1783 at the palace of Versailles in France where inventors Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier send their hot-air balloon to the skies with its first group of passengers--a duck, a sheep, and a rooster. Colorful illustrations depict the frightful and comical adventures the passengers may have encountered during the historical flight.

A picture book inspired by the true story of how the first international flight was an Englishman and a Frenchman who rode in a balloon across the English Channel.

Recounts how in 1783 three French farm animals became the first passengers ever to travel in a hot air balloon.

Victorious, a member of the unlucky Rattan family in rural France, becomes involved in a historic hot air balloon ascension and restores good repute to the Rattans.

A brief history of balloon flights in the United States from the late eighteenth century until the flight of the first airplane in 1903.

When he takes part in a hot air balloon race, twelve- year-old Wally, computer whiz and "human catastrophe," learns what it means to fully put his trust in God.

The reader chooses which adventures he wants to have after he takes off in a balloon over France.

Discusses a series of carved lines and pictures found in the Peruvian desert believed to have been used by the Incas for balloon ascensions.