Du Bois, William Pène, 1916-1993.
The twenty-one balloons / 21 balloons written and illustrated by William Pène Du Bois. - New York : Puffin Books, 1986. - 179 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Viking Press, 1947.
Wilson's Children, November 1996 School Library Journal, October 2008 School Library Media Quarterly (A.A.A.L.), December 2008 Booklist, September 1995 Horn Book, August 2005 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), October 2005 Teacher Librarian, June 2000 Wilson's Children Newbery Medal/Honor School Library Journal
Relates the incredible adventures of Professor William Waterman Sherman who in 1883 sets off in a balloon across the Pacific, survives the volcanic eruption of Krakatoa, and is eventually picked up in the Atlantic.
6.7 Follett Library Resources 3-6 Follett Library Resources 3-6 1070 Lexile
Newbery Medal/Honor, 1948
9780140320978 0140320970 0758702205 (BWI bdg.) 0329130757 9780758702203 9780329130756
86042513
Balloons--Juvenile fiction.
Voyages and travels--Juvenile fiction.
Balloons--Fiction.
Voyages and travels--Fiction.
Balloons--Fiction.
Voyages and travels--Fiction.
Krakatoa (Indonesia)--Eruption, 1883--Juvenile fiction.
Krakatoa (Indonesia)--Eruption, 1883--Fiction.
Krakatoa (Indonesia)--Fiction.
PZ7.D8527 / Tw 1986
[Fic]
The twenty-one balloons / 21 balloons written and illustrated by William Pène Du Bois. - New York : Puffin Books, 1986. - 179 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Viking Press, 1947.
Wilson's Children, November 1996 School Library Journal, October 2008 School Library Media Quarterly (A.A.A.L.), December 2008 Booklist, September 1995 Horn Book, August 2005 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), October 2005 Teacher Librarian, June 2000 Wilson's Children Newbery Medal/Honor School Library Journal
Relates the incredible adventures of Professor William Waterman Sherman who in 1883 sets off in a balloon across the Pacific, survives the volcanic eruption of Krakatoa, and is eventually picked up in the Atlantic.
6.7 Follett Library Resources 3-6 Follett Library Resources 3-6 1070 Lexile
Newbery Medal/Honor, 1948
9780140320978 0140320970 0758702205 (BWI bdg.) 0329130757 9780758702203 9780329130756
86042513
Balloons--Juvenile fiction.
Voyages and travels--Juvenile fiction.
Balloons--Fiction.
Voyages and travels--Fiction.
Balloons--Fiction.
Voyages and travels--Fiction.
Krakatoa (Indonesia)--Eruption, 1883--Juvenile fiction.
Krakatoa (Indonesia)--Eruption, 1883--Fiction.
Krakatoa (Indonesia)--Fiction.
PZ7.D8527 / Tw 1986
[Fic]