The Twenty-One Balloons
by William Pène du Bois
Age: 8 +
Interests: balloons, travel, inventions, inventors, science, adventure, volcanoes
The Twenty-One Balloons
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in Books, books 8+ Tags: adventure, air travel, balloons, inventions, inventors, science, scientists, travel, volcanoes
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03 Mar 2012 3 Comments
in Books, books 6+ Tags: animals, automobiles, balloons, birds, horses, mystery, pets, pigs, trains
by David Macaulay
Houghton Mifflin, 1995
64 pp.
Age: 6+
Interests: mystery, trains, animals, birds, pigs, horses, balloons, cars, boats
Also by this author: Black and White, Cathedral: The Story of its Construction, The Way Things Work
Mrs. Cockle’s Cat
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in Books, books 4+ Tags: balloons, cats, London, ocean
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1961
Philippa Pearce, author
Antony Maitland, illustrator
London: Constable and Co., 1961
30 pp.
Ages: 4 +
Interests: cats, flying, balloons, London, ocean, boats
Also by this author: Tom’s Midnight Garden
Up (2009)
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in Movies, movies 6+ Tags: action, adventure, balloons, dogs, nature, South America, travel
Rated: PG for some peril and action
Length: 96 min
Age: 6 and up Commonsense Media sez: 6 +
Scary factor: pretty high, with those snarling dogs in attack mode; dogs in planes fly into each other and plummet to the ground; dogs attacking/biting each other; villain Muntz tries to kill heroes; guns firing; many near-falls from airborn house; Muntz falls to his death, though impact not seen
Intense scenes: opening montage showing Carl’s wife in decline and then Carl in the funeral home and in mourning
Interests: action, adventure, travel, ballooning, South America, dogs
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