A Voyage in the Clouds

The (Mostly) True Story of the First International Flight by Balloon in 1785

Matthew Olshan (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

40 Seiten

2016
Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc (Verlag)
978-0-374-32954-9 (ISBN)

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A hilarious fictionalised retelling of the first international flight, which happened in a balloon.

John Jeffries and his pilot, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, wanted to be the first people to fly from one country to another and set out on January 7, 1785, to cross the English Channel to France. All seemed to be going fine until Blanchard took a nap and Jeffries decided the balloon looked so fat it might burst. He took it, upon himself to open the valve to release some gas without waking Blanchard. Too bad he dropped the wrench over the side of the aerial car, and now, with no way to readjust the valve, the balloon began to sink. Jeffries and Blanchard threw as much as they could overboard...until there was nothing left, not even their clothes. Luckily they came up with a clever (and surprising) solution that made just enough of a difference to save the day.

Matthew Olshan is author of the critically acclaimed picture book The Mighty Lalouche, also illustrated by Sophie Blackall, as well as the adult novel Marshlands. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland. matthewolshan.com Sophie Blackall is the author and/or illustrator of many acclaimed picture books, including The Baby Tree, and the adult book Missed Connections. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. sophieblackall.com

Erscheinungsdatum	11.10.2016
Zusatzinfo	Full color throughout
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	224 x 287 mm
Gewicht	422 g
Themenwelt	Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Bilderbücher
ISBN-10	0-374-32954-0 / 0374329540
ISBN-13	978-0-374-32954-9 / 9780374329549
Zustand	Neuware