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 PHEMarino, 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 MARCummings, 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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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE DEAO'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'CORylant, 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 RYLHerman, 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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2 available in Kids' Favorite Characters, Call number: JE SCOPullman, 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 PULWard, 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 WARMorrell, 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 MORVoss, Jonathan D.
Summary: "A young girl named Dot is overjoyed when the moving truck arrives at the house down the street, and even more excited when a boy her age steps out, offering the prospect of a new friend. But Albert looks sad, and he won't reveal why. After many attempts to cheer him up, Dot walks away defeated. That night, a balloon with a note tied to its string taps her window. Unfolding the note, Dot finds...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VOSKann, Victoria
Summary: "Pinkalicious wants the most pinkatastic birthday party ever, and all she needs is some extra pink pizzazz. When she ties more and more balloons to her chair, she accidentally goes on a pinkamazing birthday adventure!"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR GREEN KANDe Sève, Randall.
Summary: When an orange balloon floats over her world of green and gray, Mathilda the sheep realizes that she can be more than she is, and sets out to convince the rest of the flock that anything is possible.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DESButler, 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 BUTO'Connor, Barbara
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'COBedia, Elizabeth Gilbert
Summary: "Arthur's gloomy father rushes him through the park every morning, through gray and rainy weather. Arthur just wants a bright balloon from the park's vendor, but Papa always says no. One morning, the balloons magically appear at their doorstep, and Arthurfigures out the perfect way to bring the sunshine out and Papa's smile back; even if only for a few moments"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Children's Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BEDCoxe, Molly.
Summary: Patricia Pig takes her baby, Louella, to the circus and loses her when Louella wanders off to retrieve her new balloon.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crowell 1988
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: E COXSanders, Rob
Summary: Ball wishes he could fly like Balloon, but when a boy arrives and sends Ball rolling, bouncing, and even soaring into the air, Balloon feels deflated.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2019
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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 WARGorbachev, Valeri.
Summary: Molly buys so many balloons for all her animal friends at the fair, she gets carried away into the air.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GORWeightman, 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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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WEILiniers
Summary: "Matilda promises her little sister Clemmie an amazing weekend spent playing outside. But the weather's rainy and Clemmie can't bring her new balloon along. Matilda teaches Clemmie all the delights of a wet Saturday"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Toon Books, is an imprint of Candlewick Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 LINCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 LINSummary: George, a curious little, monkey, loves trying new things, and when he spots a balloon man on the street, he tries to take one.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Nolen, Jerdine.
Summary: A child ventures out in the middle of the night to see how Harvey Potter grows his wonderful balloons.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, c1994. 1993