Phelan, Matt
Summary: In 1783 France, ten-year-old Emile works as Benjamin Franklin's caretaker, but after he finds himself in the middle of a sinister plot, he helps France's undercover guardians, a sheep, a rooster and a duck save the world.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PHEHerman, Gail
Summary: A whacky werewolf is terrorizing a hot air balloon race. Shaggy and Scooby take to the sky to save the day.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2016
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1 available in Kids' Favorite Characters, Call number: JE SCOBurton, Anthony
Summary: This book tells the often dramatic and always fascinating story of flight in lighter than air machines. For centuries man had dreamed of flying, but all attempts failed, until in 1782 the Montgolfier brothers constructed the world's first hot air balloon The following year saw the first ascent with aeronauts - not human beings but a sheep, a duck and a cockerel. But it was not long before men...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pen & Sword Transport, an imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd. 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.133 BURSummary: The boundless imagination of Terry Gilliam yields a dazzling fantasy of epic proportions. Inspired by the extravagant exploits of the fabled Baron Munchausen, this spectacle born of a famously turbulent production follows the whimsical eighteenth-century nobleman as he embarks on an outlandish quest that takes him from faraway lands to the moon to the belly of a sea monster and beyond,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FANTASY ADVO'Connor, Barbara
Summary: Walter Tipple is looking for adventure. His big brother, Tank went to the army and never came home, and Walter doesn't know how to see the world without him. But then he meets the brash, brave new girl next door named Posey, as well as an eccentric man named Banjo who's off on a bodacious adventure of his own. What follows is a summer of mishaps, mayhem, strange quests, and strong friendships.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD O'COOlshan, Matthew
Summary: Dr. John Jeffries and his pilot, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, each want to be the first man to fly from one country to another, across the English Channel. There's only one problem: they can't stand each other! Inspired by the true story of the first international flight.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, Giroux 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE OLSPullman, Philip
Summary: American balloonist Lee Scoresby and the great armored bear Iorek Byrnison meet when Lee and his hare daemon Hester crash-land their trading balloon onto a port in the far Arctic North and find themselves in the middle of a political powder keg.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PULSummary: In the summer of 1979, two East German families attempt the impossible. In a makeshift hot-air balloon, they risk their lives and fly towards West Germany with hopes of freedom and a better life. Unfortunately, the balloon crash-lands just before they reach the West German border and the Stasi soon discover evidence of the attempted escape. In a nerve-wracking race against the clock, the two...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF BAL1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER BAL
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Summary: When Abby and Elmo go on a hot air balloon ride and a bird snatches Abby's magic wand, they have an adventure in New York as they try to find the wand and get back to Sesame Street.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Cinedigm 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SESGanz-Schmitt, Sue
Summary: Taking readers back to the 1850s, this high-flying STEAM picture book introduces Mary Myers, aka "Carlotta," an aeronaut and inventor whose daring flights and careful scientific work improved hot air balloons and our understanding of flight, weather patterns and the atmosphere.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MYEWarner, Gertrude Chandler
Summary: Benny wants adventure and finds it as he and the other Alden children help uncover the plan of those who would prevent ballooning from coming to Lloyd's Landing.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: A. Whitman 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC WARMott, Evelyn Clarke.
Summary: Megan goes for a ride in a hot-air balloon and learns all the details of how one is operated.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Walker 1991
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC MOTStead, Philip Christian
Summary: "When Sebastian launches himself on a journey in a hot air balloon made entirely of Grandma's afghans and patchwork quilts, his boring day turns into the adventure of a lifetime"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction SteadCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE STEWeightman, Magnus
Summary: When Beaver gets lost on his journey to seek adventure, he and new friend Akita set off in a hot-air balloon to travel the world and find Beaver's way home.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Clavis Publishing Inc. 2017
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Summary: 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Phyllis Fogelman Books 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J Fiction Pic Van LeeuwenButler, Emily
Summary: Freya, a penguin, and Zoose, a mouse, become friends while stowaways on Salomon August Andreé's 1897 hot air balloon expedition to the North Pole.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BUTCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC BUTSummary: While visiting Mount Rushmore, Curious George gets into mischief when he takes an unplanned ride on a hot air balloon.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1998
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Summary: Ten-year-old Walter Tipple is grieving his beloved older brother, Tank, when a sassy girl named Posey moves in next door and Banjo, a hot-air balloonist, sets the pair on an adventure.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC O'COSilverman, Buffy.
Summary: Explains why hot air balloons can fly and describes their individual parts.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications Co. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.13322 SILCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.13322 SILSummary: The red balloon: A French boy named Pascal discovers a stray red balloon in the streets of Paris. Pascal and the balloon become fast friends and share many adventures.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN REDKelly, Erin Suzanne
Summary: Book will introduce the reader to high fliers.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2020
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Summary: "These fabulous books are a must for any young reader with an interest in vehicles and machines. Each book is filled with amazing machines, fun facts, jokes, and age-appropriate text in colorful boxes. This book takes a close look at machines that can fly including super jumbo jets, rockets, and space shuttles. Find out which flying machine is the mightiest of them all!"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 629.1 VEIJackson, Tom
Summary: Presents a history of transportation, from hot air balloons to military tanks, and includes information on the technological advancement of cars, ships, trains, airplanes, and spaceships.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2020
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Summary: A shark and a train compete in a series of contests on a seesaw, in hot air balloons, bowling, shooting baskets, playing hide-and-seek, and more.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2010