Balloons Over Broadway
The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade
Melissa Sweet
Readers rate it 4.0 (11 on Hardcover)
40 pages · Released 2011 · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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What's inside
Violence
Fighting, weapons, death
Language
Swearing, crude humor
Sexual content
Romance intensity, nudity
LGBTQ+ themes
Presence of characters or themes
Scary or mature
Horror, trauma, heavy themes
Substance use
Alcohol, drugs, smoking
What it offers
Positive messages
Kindness, courage, honesty, resilience
Positive role models
Characters who model good judgment and growth
Educational value
History, science, culture, how the world works
A note for parents
This is a picture-book biography celebrating Tony Sarg's creative innovation and the origins of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons. The book contains no inappropriate content and instead models perseverance, artistic vision, and problem-solving as a protagonist overcomes challenges to bring his imaginative ideas to life. Illustrated by the Caldecott-winning author-illustrator Melissa Sweet, it combines engaging storytelling with historical and cultural education about an American tradition, making it suitable for early elementary readers.
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From the publisher
Presents a tribute to the creator of the giant balloons that fill the sky during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, tracing the work of artist Tony Sarg, whose innovative "upside-down puppet" creations have become the parade's trademark. Presents a tribute to the creator of the giant balloons that fill the sky during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, tracing the work of artist Tony Sarg, whose innovative "upside-down puppet" creations have become the parade's trademark.
Shelved under
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Young Adult
- Biography
- Children
- History
- Thanksgiving day
- Thanksgiving day, juvenile literature
- Parades
- New york (n.y.), history
- New york (n.y.), juvenile literature
- Juvenile literature
- Puppeteers
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ISBN 9780547199450 · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt