Up and Away!: How Two Brothers Invented the Hot-Air Balloon, Hardcover - Jason Henry

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It will . . . sweep readers away. --Kirkus Reviews Henrys lush, digital artwork depicts the splendors of eighteenth-century France . . . a good addition to units on aviation and inventors. --BooklistMore than a century before the Wright Brothers invented their plane, Josephandtienne Montgolfier sent a flying machine into the skies--a hot-air balloon with three animals in the basket. Go up, up, and away with them on their first, magical journey Back in 1782, in Ard che, France, lived Joseph Montgolfier, a dreamer and an inventor who liked to learn about how everything worked. When one day a gust of wind blew his papers into the fireplace, he noticed that something lifted the pieces into the air--and he realized that heat could make things rise. With the help of his brother,tienne, he began to experiment . . . and created a new kind of flying machine: a hot-air balloonThis beautifully illustrated picture book tells the story of how the balloon came to be, King Louis XVIs visit to see it fly, and the three animals--a rooster, a duck, and a sheep--who became its very first passengers.

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