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Sweet, Melissa

Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade

40 pp. | Houghton | November, 2011 | Trade ISBN 978-0-547-19945-0 $16.99

(1) K-3 Marionette maker Tony Sarg designed mechanical storybook figures for Macy's window displays before inventing the giant balloon characters that would become the signature feature of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Sweet's whimsical mixed-media collages, embellished with little dolls she made herself out of odds and ends, reinforce the theme that, for Sarg, work was play. An author's note and source list are appended. Bib.

Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2011