Balloons over Broadway

Sweet, M. (2011). Balloons over Broadway: The true story of the puppeteer of Macy's parade. NY: Houghton

Tony Sarg was a child who loved to figure out how to move things around. When Tony grew up, he moved to London and then to New York City. R. H. Macy's was the biggest department store on Earth. They asked Tony if he could do some puppets for the puppets parade, and he agreed. They had the parade on Thanksgiving Day 1924.

Evaluative Criteria: Design

The design this book has is very attractive and inviting for the reader. The use of different fonts, color and illustrations makes the book very interesting. The illustrator of the book picked a variety of visuals like, cut outs, marionettes, buttons and colorful pictures.

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