# Up and Away!: How Two Brothers Invented the Hot-Air Balloon - Hardcover

by **Jason Henry** (Author)

**"It will . . . sweep readers away." --_Kirkus Reviews_**  
**"Henry's lush, digital artwork depicts the splendors of eighteenth-century France . . . a good addition to units on aviation and inventors." --_Booklist_**

**More than a century before the Wright Brothers invented their plane, Joseph****and tienne Montgolfier sent a flying machine into the skies--a hot-air balloon with three animals in the basket. Go up, up, and away with them on their first, magical journey**

Back in 1782, in Ard che, France, lived Joseph Montgolfier, a dreamer and an inventor who liked to learn about how everything worked. When one day a gust of wind blew his papers into the fireplace, he noticed that something lifted the pieces into the air--and he realized that heat could make things rise. With the help of his brother, tienne, he began to experiment . . . and created a new kind of flying machine: a hot-air balloon This beautifully illustrated picture book tells the story of how the balloon came to be, King Louis XVI's visit to see it fly, and the three animals--a rooster, a duck, and a sheep--who became its very first passengers.

### Author Biography

Jason Henry is an author, illustrator, and book designer, is a _Publishers Weekly_ Star Watch Honoree, and has received multiple awards for his book designs from The New York Book Show. Jason has contributed illustrations to award-winning titles such as _Mysterious Messages_ by Gary Blackwood (Dutton Children's Books). He is also the designer of the 2016 Newbery Honor book, _Roller Girl_ by Victoria Jamieson, _New York Times_ bestselling titles such as Brad Meltzer's Ordinary People Change the World series, _Dragons Love Tacos 2_ by Adam Rubin and Daniel Salmieri, and the Seibert award-winning _Electric Ben_ by Robert Byrd (all published by Dial Books for Young Readers).

Jason is the founder of Books Beyond Borders, a nonprofit community project that has donated thousands of books to schools around the world. He and his wife live in Hoboken, NJ. Learn more at jasonhenrybooks.com, and follow him @jasonhenrybooks.  

**Number of Pages:** 48

**Dimensions:** 0.6 x 11 x 8.8 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** August 07, 2018

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- **Price:** 18.99 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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