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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Curious George Curious George Marcy Goldberg Sacks "Curious George and Bill head into the clouds in this high-flying adventure. It's fun to soar with the birds, but one question soon arises: How will they get down?"--p. [4] of cover. OL16148278W
Falling Upwards Falling Upwards Holmes, Richard,Sir Richard Holmes Advance Reader's Edition OL16806693W
Volume and hot air balloons Volume and hot air balloons Dianne Irving Information about the history, science, and practice of ballooning demonstrates volume and its effects. OL17726254W
Ballooning adventures Ballooning adventures Glen Bledsoe,Karen E. Bledsoe Describes the different types of balloons, the history and dangers of ballooning, and some aeronauts' adventures. OL20635217W
Rising suns Rising suns Jeffrey Cook "1817 sees the first signs of recovery from the Year Without a Summer - and the beginning of the end of the journey of the airship Dame Fortuna. The crew first accept a unique offer from the Shogun o… OL26454469W
The mouse that saved the West The mouse that saved the West Leonard Wibberley The fourth book in the bestselling The Mouse That Roared series brings the Duchy of Grand Fenwick's most extraordinary achievement yet—the defeat of OPEC and the happy solution to the world's oil cri… OL2649004W
Hot air Hot air Denise Kahn As a hot air balloon pilot Sean communes with that air. As a Pararescuer he flies into danger to save lives. An enemy combatant from the mountains of Afghanistan, presumed killed, arrives in Albuquer… OL28167847W
Hot air ballooning Hot air ballooning Christie Costanzo Describes the history, equipment, and techniques of hot air ballooning and examines some of its competitions and popular locations. OL3935485W
A rainbow balloon A rainbow balloon Ann Lenssen Introduces basic concepts such as rise and fall and one and many while following "Tickled Pink," a rainbow colored hot-air balloon, on a flight. OL4107830W
Hot-air ballooning Hot-air ballooning Charles Ira Coombs Traces the history of hot-air ballooning and describes the equipment, training, and techniques of the successful aeronaut. OL4979469W
The twenty-one balloons The twenty-one balloons William Pène Du Bois,John McDonough Professor William Waterman Sherman just wants to be alone. So he decides to take a year off and spend it crossing the Pacific Ocean in a hot-air balloon the likes of which no one has ever seen. But w… OL5279534W
Hot air balloons Hot air balloons Tony Freeman Includes a brief history of hot air balloons and describes how they work, the techniques of flying them, and their uses. OL5593265W
Up, up and away! Up, up and away! Anabel Dean Discusses the history of ballooning, the use of balloons for space experiments, weather instruments, and sport, and their possible future application in travel and construction work. OL5604951W
The war of the aeronauts The war of the aeronauts Evans, Charles M. x, 358 p. : 24 cm OL5956500W
Hot air ballooning Hot air ballooning Barry Wells Discusses the techniques involved in flying a hot air balloon, the history of ballooning, and the development of ballooning as a sport. OL6345339W
Race to danger Race to danger Tracey West Ash and his friends get involved in a Pokemon hot air balloon race, where the prize is a rare Dratini. OL803747W