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 PHEWard, Lindsay.
Summary: Emma finds a note tucked into the saddle of a carousel polar bear asking her to bring balloons, and soon she is off on an amazing adventure.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE WARBurton, 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 BURDoudna, Kelly
Summary: Presents several fun science experiments one can do with a balloon.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. 2011
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 530.07 DOUSummary: It's a stormy Christmas Eve and Kate worries that Dad won't get home in time to put the star on the Christmas tree. In Mimiloo, Kate tells her friends all about Christmas, and everyone is excited to send a wish to Santa Claus. But when a blizzard stops their letters in their tracks, it looks like Christmas will be ruined.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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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 SCORylant, Cynthia.
Summary: Bunny and Jack, animal detectives, investigate the disappearance of the balloons from the neighborhood toy store.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2001
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE RYLOlshan, 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 OLSSummary: 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 ADVMorrell, Christyne
Summary: "When her father is arrested for a crime she unwillingly committed, Prismena will do anything to save him, taking her on a high-flying and shadowy adventure"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MORO'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'COMarino, Gianna
Summary: "An adventure story about a boy and his dog running through the neighborhood and playing catch."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E MARPullman, 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
Summary: "Bluey wants to play Mum School instead of taking her bath. But when Bluey's balloon kids go out of control, Bluey doesn't know what to do! Will Bluey figure out what they need before bathtime?"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers Licenses, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: 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 REDArtist Not Provided
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 SESCummings, Troy.
Summary: Alexander has just moved into Stermont, but the elementary school is being torn down, his new classroom is located in the hospital morgue, a notebook he finds is full of information about monsters--and everywhere he turns there are spooky balloon men determined to attack him.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Branches 2013
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE CUMDean, James
Summary: "Help Pete the Kitty look for his missing balloon and learn the names of different baby animals"--Back cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperFestival, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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Summary: A graphic novel adaptation of UP, seventy-eight-year-old balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen finally fulfills his lifelong dream of a great adventure when he ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wilds of South America. He discovers too late that an 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell has stowed away.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 DISCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: JFIC DISGanz-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 MYEHardy, Marvin L.
Summary: Instruction book-learn the basics in this easy-to-follow book. GREAT pictures to assist you!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pioneer Balloon 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.592 HARMott, 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 MOTWarner, 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