Hot Air, The (mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride by Majorie Priceman
2006 Caldecott Honor
This story begins in France in 1783 at the sight of the first ever Hot Air Balloon launching! It details much about the city and spectators in the first few pages and then introduces us to the "first brave passengers" . . . A duck, a sheep, and a rooster.
After that the ride is all in pictures and from the point of view of these three animals. Which is fitting because the author heard the story "from a duck, who heard it from a sheep, who heard it from a rooster a long, long time ago."
It's a fun ride! And based (loosely) on a true historic event.
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