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“Every idea starts with a spark of imagination.”

“The magic behind the balloons that bring joy to millions.“

A delightful look into the creative genius behind the Macy‘s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Tony Sarg.

“Tony loved to make things that made people smile.”

This book introduces readers to the history of the Macy's Parade and the art of puppetry. It encourages curiosity about the creative process and the importance of following your dreams. This is a good book to read around Thanksgiving time as it teaches about a common tradition.

Historical Fiction
Published 2011
This book is about Tony Sarg and the evolution of the Macy's Parade. Tony Sarg is recognized as the founder of the balloon tradition in the parade. The book provides an accurate depiction of the parade's beginnings and Sarg‘s innovative techniques in puppetry. Readers gain insight into his creativity and determination. The book shows his love for bringing joy to others, making him a relatable figure for children.

This is a very informative and entertaining story. It is perfect to read seasonally and can be the introduction into many discussions such as traditions, Thanksgiving, or STEM ideas.

This is a true story about the Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade. Tony was hired to help Macys out on a parade to help bring together traditions of many of he immigrants who worked there. Each year the parade grew, and after many years he came up with the giant parade balloons. It shows his process of trial and error

They shimmied and swayed through the canyons of New York City.

This is a fun book to read before Thanksgiving and you can do a fun activity with it by having students create their own balloon floats.

Balloons over Broadway tells the origins of the Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade. This biography tells about Tony Sarg, who was a puppeteer. He created the first balloons for the parade. It walks through his journey starting out, how he came up with designs and materials, and how the parade became what it is.

This is a children's literature biography published in 2011 that won the Golden Kite Award. This is a book about the man who started the Macys thanksgiving parade and I thought it is a great book. It is interesting to learn about how it started because it is a lot of peoples tradition to watch every year and i think it is an appropriate book for any elementary age level.

Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade was written by Melissa Sweet. This book shares the story about Tony Sarg and his invention of the giant balloons that we see today during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade!

Balloons Over Broadway was written and illustrated by Melissa Sweet. Published on November 1, 2011, it is a biography story. This book won the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book and talks about how a boy named Tony Sarg made the first parade balloon. He loved making things move and discovering new ways of doing things.

Heres a cute Bio about the puppeteer who helped the Macy‘s day parade come to life. “Balloons over Broadway”, it is a Caldecott Honor Winner by Melissa Sweet. It would be great to use around thanksgiving as I know a lot of students will have heard of the Macy‘s day parade. I found some resources that help this story to be together and then independently, it may be complex for some students but it is perfect for 1st-3rd grade!
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Balloons Over Broadway written and illustrated by Melissa sweet is a biography about Anthony Frederick Sarg, puppeteer extraordinaire! As shown on the book, it did win the Caldecott but also the Orbis Pictus Award. This cute picture book takes the history behind the Macy‘s days parade and tells the story of the puppeteer who helped made it happen. This picture book would be best used as a S or a RA!

“Every little movement has a meaning of its own.”

This book is so cute! I would use this in my classroom to get children curious about events that happen and how they become tradition!

This biography tells about how the Macy‘s Day Parade came to be and the mastermind puppeteer, Tony Sarge begins it all. This book is a very enlightened approach to all the obstacles Tony faced in making puppets for a parade. The author even adds a notes page at the end with pictures of Tony and his work.

Review: Balloons over Broadway by Melissa Sweet, 2011, is a nonfiction story about the puppeteer of the Macy's Parade!
Blurb: This is a good example of the genre because it it a true story that uses quotes and facts to retell the story. I would use it around thanksgiving to give children insight into the upcoming parade. The illustrations and word placement add to the story.
Quote: “He discovered no one was making marionettes for kids anymore.“

“Every little moment has a meaning of its own“

This book would be a great read aloud for 3rd graders because they might be able to understand the historical content behind the story.

This book was a great read. It felt authentic in the sense that the story was real. Background information was given on how the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade was put together.

Bringing #nonfictionnovember to my 2nd graders with this great book about Tony Sarg, the puppeteer that designed the first Macy‘s parade balloon floats. Then they designed their own!

“Every little movement has meaning of its own.“

I would read this to 1st and 2nd grade classes. They would love teh storyline and the pictures. This would be a great book to read before Thanksgiving break to students.

This is a nonfiction children's book. Its based on the macys day parade. This book has very vivid and interesting words and pictures. All of the information is presented clearly about what is happening during the parade.

“Every little movement has a meaning of its own.“

This nonfiction book is good because it gives off true information of what really did lead up to the Macy's thanksgiving day parade. Its relatable, up to date in accuracy, and can be appropriate and valued by all ages in their own individual way!

this book was cute with good graphics to keep kids involved and excited. It takes you on an adventure and gives good information that could be useful and relatable during thanksgiving!

This is a great example of a nonfiction because it is a true story about how the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. It also creates imagery throughout the book. There is also elements of facts about balloons.

“every little movement has a meaning if it‘s own” I liked this quote becuase it kind of sums up the book well

This was a good nonfiction book because it explained all the pictures and was accurate, i liked at the end of the book when they showed a picture of the real parade