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“Inside that basket are ballooning's first brave passengers... a duck, a sheep, and a rooster.“ This I thought was fun twist to add to this book.

This book would be great to talk about for a history lesson on the hot air balloon and would also keep the class interested.

Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride by Marjorie Priceman. 2005. Picture Book. Caldecott Award winning book. This is clever book that was written about a true event (Hot Air Balloon) that happened in 1783 and it uses animals instead of people. The illustrations in this book are wacky yet fitting for the state of this book.

“The details of the flight may or may not be true. The author heard this part of the story from a duck, who heard it from a sheep...“

Priceman tells this historic event from the point of view of three animals which makes it super fun and different.

Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride is a picture book written and illustrated by Marjorie Priceman. It was published in 2005 and awarded a Caldecott in 2006. Hot Air uses bright illustrations to tell the true story of the first flight of a hot air balloon in 1783 and the passengers who went on that first ride. Students will love the characters and feels like they are right along with them while reading.

“Inside the basket are ballooning‘s first brave passengers... a duck, a sheep, and a rooster. This is their story.”

This is a fun way to introduce to children about the first hot air balloon experiment. This book includes a lot of pictures that students would really enjoy looking at and interpreting the story from.

Genre: Caldecott
I love how this story about the invention of a hot air balloon is somewhat true, but with a twist. I loved how the author continued the story of the first hot air balloon experiment with the “adventure” that the duck, sheep and rooster have on the trip.

The illustrator does a great job using space in this book.

It‘s a story about the first hot air ballon and the first passengers to ride in it. A duck, sheep, and a rooster are the first and the book tells their story of their hot air balloon ride.

Interesting historical story presented in this wordless picture book. Love lose and quirky lines of the illustration as well as funny expression of each character. I enjoyed looking at little details of scenes and actions. This book should give parents and their kids great reading experience.