balloons

A balloon dreams of doing more than flying in a local parade, and one day gets a chance to reach for the sky and fly free, but the results are not what Ray expected.

When his little brother's red balloon goes flying off into the sky, six-and-three-quarters-year-old Jake goes on a mission to the moon to retrieve it for him, because that is what big brothers are for.

A balloon takes Ben on an adventure.

Molly O'Doon sends aloft a red balloon with a note tied to it inviting the person who finds it to write back to her, and gets a very surprising response.

A child wonders about what happens to a balloon that is let go, as a parent would wonder about what might happen to a child once he leaves home.

A child (with the help of artful pull-out pages) explains the extraordinary features of his blue balloon.

A faithful translation of Jules Verne's 1874 novel in which a group of men stranded on a Pacific island during the American Civil War are helped by mysterious forces to not only survive but also build a utopian civilization. Includes notes, appendices, a scholarly introduction, and illustrations from the original French edition.

Text and illustrations present a brief history of hot air balloons, how they work, and the techniques of flying them.