balloons

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Up, up, and away!

All about balloons, blimps and dirigibles
1980
Discusses the history of balloons, blimps, and dirigibles, the techniques of flying them, and famous flights in these craft.

Ballooning

the complete guide to riding the winds
1980
Surveys the history of hot air ballooning, and provides practical information on how balloons are built and flown, how to race, and how to obtain a pilot's licence. Includes a list of record holders.

Balloon science

1989
Presents a collection of balloon experiments, activities, games, riddles, and surprising facts.

See Pip point

2004
When Pip the mouse floats off with Otto the robot's balloon, Otto and Zee the Bee go to the rescue.

The red balloon

1957
A young boy finds a red balloon with a mind of its own floating across the skies of Paris.

You can't take a balloon into the Metropolitan Museum

1998
In this wordless story, a young girl and her grandmother view works inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art, while the balloon she has been forced to leave outside floats around New York City causing a series of mishaps that mirror scenes in the museum's artworks.

Perfectly Percy

2013
Percy the porcupine loves balloons but he must find a way to keep them from popping.

Balloons

building and experimenting with inflatable toys
1990
Text and experiments introduce scientific principles that can be demonstrated with balloons and other inflatable toys.

Volume and hot air balloons

2011
Explains the concepts of volume and mass through an exploration of hot air balloons.

You can't take a balloon into the Metropolitan Museum

2000
In this wordless story, a young girl and her grandmother view works inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art, while the balloon she has been forced to leave outside floats around New York City causing a series of mishaps that mirror scenes in the museum's artworks.

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