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

Description: Age range 5 & up More than a century before the Wright Brothers invented their plane, Josephand Etienne 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 Ardeche, 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, Etienne, he began to experiment . . . and created a new kind of flying machine: a hot-air balloon! This beautifully illustrated picture book tells the story of how the balloon came to be, King Louis XVI's 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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EAN: 9781454923602

UPC: 9781454923602

ISBN: 9781454923602

MPN: N/A

Item Length: 27.9 cm

Item Weight: 0.38 kg

Book Title: Up and Away!: How Twobrothers Invented the Hot Air Balloon

Item Height: 276mm

Item Width: 216mm

Author: Jason Henry

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Topic: Transport Technology, Inventions, Science

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Co Inc

Publication Year: 2018

Genre: Children & Young Adults

Number of Pages: 48 Pages