Set #2: Balloons Over Broadway

Sweet, M. ((2011). Balloons over Broadway. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. The life of Tony Sarg is presented in this wonderful book about the origins of the Macys' day Thanksgiving parade. Through the use of collage as well as watercolor picture we see the evolution of Tony' marionette mastery develop into the enormous floats that have become a mainstay for the yearly parade. The book provides actual advertisements and pictures from the 1930's. The juxtaposition of photos and artwork is visually appealing.readers are able to access the information on many levels. This would be a wonderful book to pair with an inventors series. More information about the wonderful Tony Sarg can be found at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ieDZOkVZkU  and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ANsvikfnlk