Title:
The twenty-one balloons
JLCTITLE245:
written and illustrated by William Pène Du Bois.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Viking Press, 1975.
Physical Description:
179, [1] pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN:
9780670734412
General Note:
"First published ... April 1947."
Abstract:
Relates the incredible adventures of Professor William Waterman Sherman who in 1883 sets off in a balloon across the Pacific, survives the volcanic eruption of Krakatoa, and is eventually picked up in the Atlantic.
Reading Level:
5.7 Follett Library Resources.
3-6.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 6.8 6 Quiz 91 English fiction, vocabulary quiz available, literary skills quiz available.
Contents:
Introduction -- Professor Sherman's incredible loyalty -- A hero's welcome is prepared -- A description of the Globe -- The unwelcome passenger -- A new citizen of Krakatoa -- The gourmet government -- The Moroccan house of marvels -- Airy-go-round -- Concerning the giant balloon life raft -- What goes up must come down.