{"product_id":"9781454923602","title":"Up and Away! : How Two Brothers Invented the Hot Air Balloon by Jason Henry","description":"\"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.\" -BooklistMore than a century before the Wright Brothers invented their plane, Josephand ?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.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56300159172981,"sku":"9781454923602","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781454923602.jpg?v=1762787406","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781454923602","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}