hot air balloons

A boy and girl accompany their uncle on a hot-air balloon trip that lifts off from a meadow, crosses a great city, and comes to a safe landing just ahead of a summer storm.

Provides information about the history and enjoyment of hot air ballooning and an account of an early morning flight.

Describes the history and techniques of ballooning, and the bird's-eye view of the world while airborne on moving currents in a hot-air balloon.

Traces the history of hot-air ballooning and describes the equipment, training, and techniques of the successful aeronaut.

In this story based on true events, a thirteen-year-old apprentice takes the first manned hot air balloon flight in America and gains new insight into life's possibilities.

When Northerner Thaddeus Lowe lands his huge balloon in South Carolina at the beginning of the Civil War, ten-year-old orphan Ridley Jones joins up with him and the two set out to find a way to use Lowe's balloon to help the North.

Three dogs travel to Texas to cover a hot air balloon race for the television station where they work. Includes maps, information about the geography of Texas, and related activities.

All the animals try to get a reaction out of the mysterious lumpy grumpalump, but nothing happens until the gnu blows into it and gets an inflated surprise.

Depicts what it is like to ride in a hot air balloon and discusses how it was invented and how it works.

While visiting Mount Rushmore, Curious George gets into mischief when he takes an unplanned ride on a hot air balloon.