Thursday, June 16, 2016

Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of the Macy’s Parade by Melissa Sweet




Sweet, M. (2011). Balloons over Broadway: The true story of the puppeteer of Macy’s Parade. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children.

Have you ever wondered how the Macy's Day Parade and all those wonderful floats came about?  This story will tell you. Tony Sarg is the mastermind behind the puppets that eventually became the balloons in the parade in 1924.


Assignment # 2 - Informational - Evaluation Criteria


The Evaluation Criteria of Design lends to the readability and delightfulness of this book about Tony Sarg’s life as the mastermind behind the floats in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.  The author/illustrator of this book used some of the pictures from Tony Sargs own book The Tony Sarg Marionette Book.  Ms. Sweet made toys and puppets that she used to help her with the illustration process.  The type face and fonts on many of the pages also give you the feeling of an old fashioned type setting machine which brings the 20s and 30s time period to life.
Author page:  http://melissasweet.net/



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