Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade (Bank Street College of Education Flora Stieglitz Straus Award (Awards)) (edition 2011)

by Melissa Sweet

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Award-winning artist Sweet tells the story of the puppeteer Tony Sarg, capturing his genius, his dedication, his zest for play, and his long-lasting gift to America--the inspired helium balloons that would become the trademark of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

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Title:	Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade (Bank Street College of Education Flora Stieglitz Straus Award (Awards))
Authors:	Melissa Sweet
Info:	Houghton Mifflin Books for Children (2011), Edition: First Edition, Hardcover, 40 pages
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Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade by Melissa Sweet

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The design of this book is truly excellent, with fun, playful illustrations pared with collage elements that make the story pop in a way the writing by itself would fail to do. In fact, normally I would take off a star for the writing being good, but not great, but the story is so interesting and the illustrations are dynamic. (

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mslibrarynerd | Jan 13, 2024 |

My kids love watching the parade, so it was fun to learn about how they came to be. Might be a little long for littles' attention span if they aren't into the parade.

sloth852 | Jan 8, 2024 |

I love learning something from a picture book. This is the story of how we got the Macy's Day Parade. It started with a young boy who loved puppets and making things move. Tony Sang worked with Marionettes for years. Mr. Macy wanted to create a window display and hired Tony. Then he decided to create a parade for his employees and Mr. Sang helped with that. You will need to read the book to see how a simple window display evolved into the Macy's Day Parade we have today. I loved this book. (

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skstiles612 | Dec 27, 2023 |

Ages 6-8

TaylorEwing | Dec 9, 2022 |

The mixed media used in this book took it from a decent biographical picture book into a stellar one instead. (

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Awards

Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award (Nominee – 2014)

Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee – Picture Books – 2013)

Cardinal Cup (Winner – Young Readers – 2012)

Charlotte Zolotow Award (Highly Commended Title – 2012)

Cook Prize (Winner – 2012)

Flora Stieglitz Straus Award (For Younger Readers – 2012)

Georgia Children's Book Award (Finalist – Picturebook – 2015)

Golden Kite Award (Winner – Picture Book Illustration – 2012)

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book (Nonfiction – 2011)

Lupine Award (Winner – Picture Book – 2011)

Mitten Award (Honor – 2012)

Monarch Award (Nominee – 2014)

Nutmeg Book Award (Nominee – Elementary – 2015)

Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Book Award (2011)

Orbis Pictus Award (Winner – 2012)

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Booklist Top of the List: Best of Editors' Choice (Youth Nonfiction – 2011)

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Award-winning artist Sweet tells the story of the puppeteer Tony Sarg, capturing his genius, his dedication, his zest for play, and his long-lasting gift to America--the inspired helium balloons that would become the trademark of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

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This is the story of Tony Sarg who started and began the great tradition of the balloons for the Macy Day Parade. I thought the illustrations were well done and in tune with the history of the subject. This is a non-fiction book, and if I were to use this in the class room a the high school level, I would use this in an art class studying the art; or I would use this in an English class on how to look for back ground clues before we began to study film. We would look at symbolism and meaning.

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