Thursday, September 10, 2015

Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet

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Ever wonder who invented the exciting helium balloons that are displayed every year in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade? Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade, introduces the reader to Tony Sarg, a puppeteer with an amazing imagination that was able to use his genius to forever change the visual excitement of parades.





Informational Storybook

-picture book that shares info about the first Thanksgiving parade in a story context
-contains author notes and bibliography
-story element is skeletal so that it does not distract from the purpose of the book


Sweet, M. (2011). Balloons over broadway: The true story of the puppeteer of Macy’s parade.        
       NY: Houghton.


-Ms. J

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