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My April #bookspin stack. Some new ones and some carried over from last month. @TheAromaofBooks

What a delightfully whimsical book which definitely reminds me of Around the World in 80 Days (which is referenced in the book). Professor Sherman intends to spend the year traveling around the world by balloon. Instead, he crashes on the island of Krakatoa where he discovers...well, more than he bargained for that‘s for sure. When he finally returns to San Francisco, he has quite the story to tell. A fun MG read for fans of historical fiction.

I like this idea...a Restaurant Government...

Beautiful illustrations in this book.

Another bookshelf find. From the dust jacket...

β€œThis is the story of the most incredibly fabulous voyage around the world in the history of travel...Telling of life on Krakatoa, and filled with the best of balloon inventions, more than half this book is based on scientific truth. The rest is absolute nonsense.”

All of which means, this has to be a great read, right? It is a Newbery Medal winner so I‘m going to dive in and find out.

Here‘s one of my best-loved books from childhood. I like the vintage cover design much better than this cheap replacement copy I picked up.

#24in48

Not the prettiest edition. I think I picked it up at a garage sale one summer. I haven't read it yet, but I will someday because it's a Newbery winner! #novemberbythenumbers

@Tiffy_Reads @JoeStalksBeck

A Newbery Medal book I found at a community garage sale for day #21 of #novemberbythenumbers!

These sales hosted by a school or church as a fundraiser always seem to have so many Newbery books β€” probably from kids and families clearing their shelves of school stuff they don‘t want to keep. I remember culling stuff like this from my own shelves as a kid and now as a grown-up I‘m adding them back to my shelves voluntarily 😝

I had high hopes for this one since it is a book a number of teachers use, but the main character is static and the ending is anti-climactic.

I‘ve been fascinated by hot air balloons for as long as I can remember. Growing up in Phoenix I saw balloons all the time. Then The Twenty-One Balloons cemented my interest β€” my all-time favorite children‘s book. Well my lifelong dream finally came true today! I encourage everyone to try ballooning. It isn‘t scary at all! Many thanks to Troy Bradley our pilot, 2016 inductee in the U.S. Ballooning HoF.

I read this gem YEARS ago! This summer I am starting up an old tradition -- one early (pre-1975) Newbery a month during summer. June was Ginger Pye by Estes and this will be July.

#Floating #JuneBookBugs #TBR

I don't hold on to many keepsakes, but here are my two best-loved books from childhood (not pictured: A Wrinkle in Time, which practically disintegrated). The photo is from second grade and the name tag is from my first summer library day campβ€”I only keep the important stuff!

#WellLovedReads
#RiotGrams

One of my #favoritechildrensbooks I read this numerous times as a kid. I barely remember it now but I remember being mesmerized by it. Guess it's time for a reread.

Taking a page out of @Texreader 's book and choosing my own personal milestone to celebrate - 2/21 is my b-day number πŸ’–

Thanks for all the book enabling and lively interactions, book nerds!
I never thought I would do any social media, and yet here we are 😁

I'm surprised I don't have more #orangecovers seeing as I have an ORANGE CHAIR. The Twenty-One Balloons is still one of my very favorite stories.

#photoadaynov16

The best way of travel, however, if you aren't in any hurry at all, if you don't care where you are going, if you don't like to use your legs, if you don't want to be annoyed at all by any choice of directions, is in a balloon. In a balloon, you can decide only when to start, and usually when to stop. The rest is left entirely to nature.

My childhood escape! #booktober #awardwinning

My stack with numbers in the titles. They even kind of color coordinate. It was an accidentπŸ˜œπŸ“š

Dang- it's awfully warm here. The ice in my coffee melted way too fast. Book #3 with a happy matchup-match bookmark for page keeping. #24in48 #readathon

#FunFridayPhoto. This book has hot air balloons, explorers, volcanoes, diamonds and loads of scientific devices. Adventure enough for all. I read my way through the Newbery Awards when I was young. I was always this way... Anyways, I loved this book so hard. And now that it's out, I believe it's going onto my @24in48 stack.

I reread this book soooooo many times as a kid, and I still reach for it when I'm sick and want a comfort read. My oldest and I read it together a few years ago, and she loved it as much as I do. 😊 #FunFridayPhoto