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4 ⭐This book is a labor of love. You can see it on every single page of the book. This book is completely wordless and it‘s about a little girl who goes to the museum with their adult and they get told the balloon has to stay out. Through the comedic panels we follow the little girl as she visits the real-life art exhibit, and we follow a museum docent as they‘re trying to get the balloon once birds send it flying.

4 ⭐This book chronicles Sophie Blanchard, the first woman to go solo in a hot air balloon. She was one of the first female aeronauts. Little is known of her life before marrying Jean Pierre Blanchard, a famous aerialist of the time. This is a great beginning look at woman who dared to do what many thought only men could do. Finding out that Sophie died so young, due to a fire and a fall from her balloon, is heartbreaking but also real.

“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.

She felt the air turn crisp and cold, like the first taste of fall.

A good read that makes you fell like you are a part of the story.