Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade
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- Author：Melissa Sweet
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Reviews
Primavera Olivia
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A 2012 Orbis Pictus Award For Outstanding Nonfiction for Children winner， this book follows Tony Sarg and how he created the beloved Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade floats。 This book is a combination of art and visual layout formats。 This book is filled with animated drawings， collages， blueprints， sketches， realistic， and fictional elements。 The artwork and layout of the book is what truly makes this story the award winner that it is。 The visuals in this book are what make it a book that kids wo A 2012 Orbis Pictus Award For Outstanding Nonfiction for Children winner， this book follows Tony Sarg and how he created the beloved Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade floats。 This book is a combination of art and visual layout formats。 This book is filled with animated drawings， collages， blueprints， sketches， realistic， and fictional elements。 The artwork and layout of the book is what truly makes this story the award winner that it is。 The visuals in this book are what make it a book that kids would want to dive into。 In terms of teacher use， this would be an excellent book to whip out during thanksgiving time。 Students can learn the history of parade floats and even do a creative project where they make their own！ This turns learning into a creative and interactive experience that will stick with children long term。 The best way to teach informative material is to make it mean something to the children and this book a sure fire way to spark connections for students。 。。。more
Megan Zetterquist
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Melissa Sweet’s， Balloons Over Broadway， is based on specific academic content and won the Rober F。 Sibert Award。 It is a true story of the puppeteer Tony Sarg。 The picture book creates a timeline of Sarg progressing as a puppeteer。 It shows where he started by rigging his chores， making puppets for stories， and eventually creating the famous marionettes of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade。 Sweet created this beautiful biography by incorporating mixed media of scrap booking or collage， and drawing Melissa Sweet’s， Balloons Over Broadway， is based on specific academic content and won the Rober F。 Sibert Award。 It is a true story of the puppeteer Tony Sarg。 The picture book creates a timeline of Sarg progressing as a puppeteer。 It shows where he started by rigging his chores， making puppets for stories， and eventually creating the famous marionettes of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade。 Sweet created this beautiful biography by incorporating mixed media of scrap booking or collage， and drawings。 All the illustrations look as if they were cut and pasted into a scrapbook creating this collage of memories to honor Tony Sarg’s magnificent work。 In addition， the font chosen for the print looks like handwriting to convey the scrapbook media。 She also played with the flow of the pages， as one illustration is vertical to show the height of the marionette。 She also incorporated vital information such as the parade route， notes from Sarg， old news clippings， and sketches of the marionette building process to aide in the wonderful story telling of his career。 To continue， teachers could create a fun art project where students must create their own puppet that they can control with strings。 Also， this would be a delightful book to read before Thanksgiving break since it gives background on the famous Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade， therefore students could have a fun history lesson about Tony Sarg and how he managed to become a masterful puppeteer。 。。。more
Sophia D'Alesio
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This book was placed on my academic content shelf。 I thought this book was very child friendly as well as informational。 I think this book can be utilized in a classroom to help make a connection for the students compared to what they see on TV the mornings of the big holidays。 On Thanksgiving morning we see Macys big parade with ginormous balloons。 This book can be used to teach the background story of how all of these extremely large balloons came about。 I enjoyed this book and actually learne This book was placed on my academic content shelf。 I thought this book was very child friendly as well as informational。 I think this book can be utilized in a classroom to help make a connection for the students compared to what they see on TV the mornings of the big holidays。 On Thanksgiving morning we see Macys big parade with ginormous balloons。 This book can be used to teach the background story of how all of these extremely large balloons came about。 I enjoyed this book and actually learned a lot myself。 I never know the background story of how the balloons over Broadway came about， so I thought this book was very informational as well as entertaining。 。。。more
Haley
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Balloons over Broadway was awarded the 2012 Robert F。 Silbert informational book medal and it is a true story about the puppeteer of Macy’s Parade。 This vibrant picture book is about Tony Sarg who ever since he was a little boy， he was very interested in making things move and became a marionette man at the age of 6。 Tony was the creator of the first balloons that were ever in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade。 This book has very creative illustrations as it looks like some of the text looks like i Balloons over Broadway was awarded the 2012 Robert F。 Silbert informational book medal and it is a true story about the puppeteer of Macy’s Parade。 This vibrant picture book is about Tony Sarg who ever since he was a little boy， he was very interested in making things move and became a marionette man at the age of 6。 Tony was the creator of the first balloons that were ever in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade。 This book has very creative illustrations as it looks like some of the text looks like it was cut out and pasted on the pages of the book。 I think this book would be great to share in a classroom because no one really knows where or how the Macy’s parade balloons came to be。 There are also so many different in class activities that can be done after reading this book like reading assignments and also art projects so children can express their creativity。 Sharing this before thanksgiving break would be a fun way to teach kids about the parade and if they haven’t seen the parade before they definitely would want to after reading this book。 。。。more
Honor Stevenson
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The history of the Macy's Day parade through the eyes Tony Sarg and his invention of "Upside down balloons。" The history of the Macy's Day parade through the eyes Tony Sarg and his invention of "Upside down balloons。" 。。。more
Samantha Ulsund
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Many people watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade every year and this is such a cute way of showing some of the history of it。 I also really like how the illustrations are a mix of drawings and real-life materials。 Many people watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade every year and this is such a cute way of showing some of the history of it。 I also really like how the illustrations are a mix of drawings and real-life materials。 。。。more
Jake Pecchia
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Balloons Over Broadway is a very interesting story。 It's a fun story that takes place during the famous Thanksgiving: Macy's Parade that talks about puppeteer extraordinaire， Tony Sarg。 I just adore how the write made a wonderful event like the Macy's Parade even more magical than it seems to be in reality。 This would be a interesting book for the classroom because it would help kids learn about traditions and annual events。 This book well earns the Buckeye Children's and Teen Book Award。 Balloons Over Broadway is a very interesting story。 It's a fun story that takes place during the famous Thanksgiving: Macy's Parade that talks about puppeteer extraordinaire， Tony Sarg。 I just adore how the write made a wonderful event like the Macy's Parade even more magical than it seems to be in reality。 This would be a interesting book for the classroom because it would help kids learn about traditions and annual events。 This book well earns the Buckeye Children's and Teen Book Award。 。。。more
Kelsey Whipple
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A cute story about the history of the Macy’s day parade。 The pictures in the story are really great！
Rahmadiyanti
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Saya tertarik save buku ini di Scribd karena ada kata "Broadway"nya。 Ternyata Broadway hanya "selewat" saja :D。 Tapiii， buku ini keceeee。 Ya kisahnya， ya gaya ilustrasinya。 Gaya khas sang penulis sekaligus ilustratornya， Melissa Sweet， yang menggabungkan teknik lukisan dengan kolase foto serta kliping koran。Kisahnya sendiri saya juga baru tahu。 Juga tentang festivalnya， Macy's Thanksgiving Parade。 Menarik， bagaimana seorang "dalang" seperti Tony Sarg mengkreasikan pertunjukan balon di sebuah fes Saya tertarik save buku ini di Scribd karena ada kata "Broadway"nya。 Ternyata Broadway hanya "selewat" saja :D。 Tapiii， buku ini keceeee。 Ya kisahnya， ya gaya ilustrasinya。 Gaya khas sang penulis sekaligus ilustratornya， Melissa Sweet， yang menggabungkan teknik lukisan dengan kolase foto serta kliping koran。Kisahnya sendiri saya juga baru tahu。 Juga tentang festivalnya， Macy's Thanksgiving Parade。 Menarik， bagaimana seorang "dalang" seperti Tony Sarg mengkreasikan pertunjukan balon di sebuah festival。 Tony membuat balon beragam bentuk， yang kemudian berparade dengan binatang sungguhan dari kebun binatang， dari Harlem hingga Herald Square di NYC。 Festival dan balon-balon Tony mendapat sambutan yang sangat bagus dari masyarakat， dan tiap tahun selalu berkembang。Hingga suatu hari， Macy menambah jenis hewan yang berparade， yakni singa dan harimau， selain beruang， unta， dan gajah， yang selama telah ikut berparade。 Namun ternyata hewan-hewan itu membuat takut anak-anak yang menonton parade。 SOS。。。！ Macy pun meminta Tony untuk membuat pengganti hewan-hewna buas tersebut。Tony diharapkan membuat boneka-boneka besar yang dapat menarik massa。 Awalnya Tony bingung， bagaimana membuat boneka-boneka besar dengan tinggi lebih dari 3 kaki， yang dapat terlihat di keramaian， dapat bergerak， serta bisa bertahan dalam cuaca kurang baik （misal， angin besar）。 Ternyataaa， Tony dapat ide untuk menggerakkan balon-balon boneka besar itu dari salah satu koleksi mainananya， yaitu。。。 wayang dari Indonesia。 Horeee！！ :DTony pun menggabungkan teknik wayang dengan teknologi karet， yang dapat membuat balon-balon raksasa itu ringan tapi tetap mudah digerakkan。 Parade tahun itu pun mendapat sambutan yang sangat meriah。 Beragam balon raksasa melayang melewati Central park， Broadway， hingga terakhir mendarat di Macy's。 。。。more
Regan Smith
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This colorful story shares the journey of Tony Sarg， marionettes creator。 Tony Sarg was an inventor who moved to London and discovered marionettes。 He eventually took his talents of preforming and moved to New York City to preform on Broadway。 The story later goes on to share how Tony went through the process of coming up the helium-filled balloons for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade。 I think this book would be a fun group read in my future classroom。 There is so much creativity presented in This colorful story shares the journey of Tony Sarg， marionettes creator。 Tony Sarg was an inventor who moved to London and discovered marionettes。 He eventually took his talents of preforming and moved to New York City to preform on Broadway。 The story later goes on to share how Tony went through the process of coming up the helium-filled balloons for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade。 I think this book would be a fun group read in my future classroom。 There is so much creativity presented in the book that it would that there could be many branch-off assignments pulled from the book。 。。。more
Gavin McCormick
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Balloons Over Broadway tells of Tony Sarg， who originally got balloons to be flown at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade。 This could be a good seasonal book for students who celebrate Thanksgiving。 Published November 1st， 2011。 Orbis Pictus。 Non-fiction。 Balloons Over Broadway tells of Tony Sarg， who originally got balloons to be flown at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade。 This could be a good seasonal book for students who celebrate Thanksgiving。 Published November 1st， 2011。 Orbis Pictus。 Non-fiction。 。。。more
Kate
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This is a children’s picture book that tells the true story about the puppeteer who was in charge of developing and orchestrating Macy’s annual Thanksgiving Day parade。 It was an interesting story and an effective way to share the history of that parade。
Hannah Heberer
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Melissa Sweet shares the creator behind those big， beautiful balloons we see for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade。 It starts off describing the celebration being a party for Macy’s employees at first。 Tony Sarg was， at the time， created the window exhibits。 Over the years the celebration got bigger and bigger。 Tony Sarg was asked to replace the live animals in the celebration。 He began brainstorming and creating huge animal balloons and floats that we now see every year for Thanksgiving。 This Melissa Sweet shares the creator behind those big， beautiful balloons we see for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade。 It starts off describing the celebration being a party for Macy’s employees at first。 Tony Sarg was， at the time， created the window exhibits。 Over the years the celebration got bigger and bigger。 Tony Sarg was asked to replace the live animals in the celebration。 He began brainstorming and creating huge animal balloons and floats that we now see every year for Thanksgiving。 This is a great book to read close to Thanksgiving to children to show them how the American tradition came to be。 。。。more
Kris
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Picture books are such an approachable way to tell untold stories， and good ones are totally worth a read by adults as well。 This is one of the good ones。 I'm willing to be that most adults don't know the story of immigrant Tony Sarg and his puppets and how he eventually helped the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade become what it is now。 It was fascinating。 Picture books are such an approachable way to tell untold stories， and good ones are totally worth a read by adults as well。 This is one of the good ones。 I'm willing to be that most adults don't know the story of immigrant Tony Sarg and his puppets and how he eventually helped the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade become what it is now。 It was fascinating。 。。。more
Theresa
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This is the very entertaining story of how the balloons became the Macy's parade。 As a child in an adult body I will shamelessly tell you that they are the only part of the parade I like。 This book was so fun to read and learn how they came to be。 This is the very entertaining story of how the balloons became the Macy's parade。 As a child in an adult body I will shamelessly tell you that they are the only part of the parade I like。 This book was so fun to read and learn how they came to be。 。。。more
Gabriel Weaver
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I liked how the book included such unique collages and allowed the reader to imagine what it might feel like to think like the inventor。 I could see how this text would be great to teach text structures。
Buku Arutala
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I love this book so much。 Tony Sarg had many brilliant ideas about his artworks even though he never took art class。 He created his artworks based on his childhood。 He made imagination as a child。 I appreciate to Melissa Sweet too as a writer of this book because she made puppets to bring out Sarg's soul in this book。 I love this book so much。 Tony Sarg had many brilliant ideas about his artworks even though he never took art class。 He created his artworks based on his childhood。 He made imagination as a child。 I appreciate to Melissa Sweet too as a writer of this book because she made puppets to bring out Sarg's soul in this book。 。。。more
Cala
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Colorful， fun picture book biography about Tony Sarg， his creations and influences that we still see in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade each year。 My 6 year old enjoyed having this read aloud。 Colorful， fun picture book biography about Tony Sarg， his creations and influences that we still see in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade each year。 My 6 year old enjoyed having this read aloud。 。。。more
Cura
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This is a great informational picture book on the infamous Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade。 Tony was always a bright boy， and as he grew up， he was always inventing and creating。 So much so that he created a puppet show for Macy’s。 Then promoted to create the Macy’s Day Parade in 1924， which still goes on to this day。 He was Macy’s go to man on finding solutions for their parade。 Read this wonderful story on the information about how our Macy’s Day parade came to be。 I loved it as I never knew th This is a great informational picture book on the infamous Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade。 Tony was always a bright boy， and as he grew up， he was always inventing and creating。 So much so that he created a puppet show for Macy’s。 Then promoted to create the Macy’s Day Parade in 1924， which still goes on to this day。 He was Macy’s go to man on finding solutions for their parade。 Read this wonderful story on the information about how our Macy’s Day parade came to be。 I loved it as I never knew the true story。 I think anyone of any age would find it fascinating and enjoyable， it would be best to recommend it to 6-year-olds and up。 There were no diverse characters。 The illustrations were great in this informational picture book and really made the story come to life。 。。。more
Madison Misner
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This 2012 Robert Siebert Award winner and NCTE Orbis Pictus Award winner illustrates the interesting life of a puppeteer that found himself creating puppets out of balloons。 This biographical masterpiece about a puppeteer takes the reader through the evolution of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade。 This story is so unique because I would have never thought about the guy who created the balloons in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade。 The introduction starts with Tony Sarg as a young boy inventing a way t This 2012 Robert Siebert Award winner and NCTE Orbis Pictus Award winner illustrates the interesting life of a puppeteer that found himself creating puppets out of balloons。 This biographical masterpiece about a puppeteer takes the reader through the evolution of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade。 This story is so unique because I would have never thought about the guy who created the balloons in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade。 The introduction starts with Tony Sarg as a young boy inventing a way to feed his chickens without having to get out of his bed。 The setting of the story then shifts to London where Tony finds a new love for making puppets。 News about Tony’s work begins to spread worldwide。 The department store Macy’s heard about Tony and asks him to come to make puppets for their “puppet parade。” Tony faces conflict when asked to create giant puppets for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade。 How will he do it？ I really enjoyed the style of the author。 I really liked how the story depicted the life of Tony with the storyline along with the illustrations。 The theme of this book is to do what you love， and good things will come。 I really believe Tony was able to chase his dream and accomplish great things。 The author did extensive research on the topic because of the back matter at the end of the story。 There is an author’s notes， references， quotes， and also the original advertisement for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade。 。。。more
Lauren Hanford
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Lexile: AD1000LA cute and true story about the origin of Macy's Thanksgiving day parade。 The illustrations are bright and colorful。 The text may be placed in odd places and could confuse new readers。 Lexile: AD1000LA cute and true story about the origin of Macy's Thanksgiving day parade。 The illustrations are bright and colorful。 The text may be placed in odd places and could confuse new readers。 。。。more
Nat Whitford
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I grew up watching the Macy's Day parade so seeing a book from a different perspective behind the scenes was really cute！ Also the drawings were very eye catching。 I grew up watching the Macy's Day parade so seeing a book from a different perspective behind the scenes was really cute！ Also the drawings were very eye catching。 。。。more
Alyson Looney
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This is one of the cutest children's books！ Melissa Sweet brings to life the story behind the Macy's Parade and the history of the man behind all the work。 So different， so creative， so colorful！ Her collages look as if the book is three-dimensional！ This is one of the cutest children's books！ Melissa Sweet brings to life the story behind the Macy's Parade and the history of the man behind all the work。 So different， so creative， so colorful！ Her collages look as if the book is three-dimensional！ 。。。more
Audrey Eagan
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I loved this book。 I love the Macy's Parade and thought this was a really fun and creative way of telling a true story regarding the parade for children and young readers。 I loved this book。 I love the Macy's Parade and thought this was a really fun and creative way of telling a true story regarding the parade for children and young readers。 。。。more
Amanda Neyens
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This was a really interesting book with a really great illustration。 The pictures were fun to look at with especially when it got to the big balloon floats。 All in all， I think this book was an interesting little history lesson。
Taylor Paige
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I loved this book because I love Broadway。 I think it was such a fun informative children's book to read。 I loved this book because I love Broadway。 I think it was such a fun informative children's book to read。 。。。more
Molly Alexander
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Balloons Over Broadway is a Caldecott honor winner biography。 This biography features an inventor by the name Tony Sarg who created the idea of the balloons we see today in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parades。 This is a complete biography as it covers Tony’s life starting from when he was 6 years old and created a machine to feed chickens in the morning without getting out of bed， all the way to when he had figured the whole idea out to let people see ballon animals in the sky from afar。 I also want Balloons Over Broadway is a Caldecott honor winner biography。 This biography features an inventor by the name Tony Sarg who created the idea of the balloons we see today in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parades。 This is a complete biography as it covers Tony’s life starting from when he was 6 years old and created a machine to feed chickens in the morning without getting out of bed， all the way to when he had figured the whole idea out to let people see ballon animals in the sky from afar。 I also want to honor the author and illustrator of the this book， Melissa Sweet。 This is a very appealing book， especially the end paper which features newspaper copies back from 1933 of Sarg’s work announced in articles。 I also appreciate that the author included primary sources as the opening page is a quote from Tony Sarg stating “Every little movement has a meaning of its own”。 I love this book and would definitely include it in my elementary classroom library。 Very fascinating！ 。。。more
Phoenix Richardson
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This is a story about Tony Sarg and how as a young boy he loved seeing how things worked。 By the age of 6 he was a marionette。 Later in his life he moved to New York to be a marionette。 He soon got hired by Macy's to do a job。 They realized how good he was and wanted him to design the wonder town window。 After they seen how good he was at that they had an even bigger job for him， a parade。 In 1924 Macy's had their first parade。 This is how we got the traditional Macy's day parade every year on T This is a story about Tony Sarg and how as a young boy he loved seeing how things worked。 By the age of 6 he was a marionette。 Later in his life he moved to New York to be a marionette。 He soon got hired by Macy's to do a job。 They realized how good he was and wanted him to design the wonder town window。 After they seen how good he was at that they had an even bigger job for him， a parade。 In 1924 Macy's had their first parade。 This is how we got the traditional Macy's day parade every year on Thanksgiving。 。。。more
Hope Stracener
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Loved this book！ I love the story of how the Macy's Parade came to be and I will definitely be putting this book into my classroom in the future to show students who may not know about this parade and possibly interest them into watching it on Thanksgiving Day。 Loved this book！ I love the story of how the Macy's Parade came to be and I will definitely be putting this book into my classroom in the future to show students who may not know about this parade and possibly interest them into watching it on Thanksgiving Day。 。。。more
Caitlin Chambers
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