Title: Balloons over Broadway
Author: Melissa Sweet
Age:9-13
Award: 2012 Sibert Medal and the 2012 Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children.
Balloons Over Broadway is a picture book biography of
Anthony "Tony" Frederick Sarg. Perhaps a more apt description would
be a picture book about Tony Sarg and his larger-than-life hobby. True, his
hobby of making things move--marionettes especially--didn't start out big or
larger-than-life. But by the end, when he was making-designing balloons for the
Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, well, it doesn't get much bigger than that. The
illustrations in this book are very bright and colorful which I believe
enhances the book.
The author's note at the end was informative in providing
additional details about Tony Sarg, who is considered by many to be the father
of American puppetry. There is also a bibiliography and sources listed for
readers wishing to deepen their understanding of the subject matter.
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