Beautiful, bright, bold full page illustrations dominate every other page in this book. My boys and I especially loved the last page when Edward was in the air balloon, looking down on the town and the bay. This illustration spans two full pages!
Told from the point of view of thirteen year old Edward Warren, an apprentice for a blacksmith, this story reveals the true events about Peter Carnes and his determination to fly an air balloon.
Edward Warren was an actual person but the only thing known about him is his name and age and that he was the first to go up in an air balloon in America.
The text mentions the first balloon ride in France which carried a rooster, sheep and duck. We own a book about this first ride so my boys and I could make a T-T connection.
Read Hot Air by Marjorie Priceman for a fun read about the first air balloon ride!
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