by Melissa Sweet
Wonderful picture book biography! The mixed media, collage style illustrations are interesting and unique. I really enjoyed learning about Tony Sarg and how the Macy's Parade took off with his amazing work and dedication.
Wonderful illustrations tell the story of Tony Sarg who was the puppeteer responsible for the huge balloons that decorate the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade and have done so since 1928. Sibert Award Winner 2012.
There's something that is especially compelling to me about a book that is both written and illustrated by one person. Balloons Over Broadway is such a story and Melissa Sweet is such an author/illustrator.Sweet uses scraps to make her book, scraps of stories and scraps of real objects and even scra...
Balloons over Broadway has been on and off of my "to read" shelf about ten times. It keeps popping (no pun intended) up as a recommendation to me, it has made my Best non-fiction picture books list, and it's averaged 4.16 stars as of this review. So of course, I've added this book to my "to read" ...
I enjoyed it, but I would have liked it to be more informative.
This delightful book received both the Sibert and Orbis Pictus medals which I believe is a first. I had to read it again because I haven't looked at it since it first came. It is beautifully designed and Sweet does a wonderful job of capturing the playful spirit of Tony Sarg.
Not just for New Yorkers, but for anyone who has ever marveled at the balloons in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Balloons Over Broadway tells how they came to be. A wonderful American immigrant story, Tong Sarg was the puppeteer who imagined a bigger and better way to have a parade, which has l...
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