Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade
by Melissa Sweet
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- Grade
- PK-6
- Genre
- Biography
- Holiday
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
Year Published 2011
Word Count 1,363
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1000L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 146536, 0.5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- History
- Science
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Puppeteers
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Thanksgiving Day
- Puppeteers--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- New York
- Sarg, Tony
- New York (State)
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Art
- Sarg, Tony, 1882-1942--Juvenile literature
- Parades
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Thanksgiving
- Thanksgiving Day--New York (State)--New York--History--Juvenile literature
- History
- United States
- Parades--New York (State)--New York--History--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | How Things Work/Are Made
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Melissa Sweet about Balloons Over Broadway
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Melissa Sweet
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 7
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Lesson Plan from Harcourt
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Reader's Theater Script from Texas Bluebonnet Award 2014
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Lesson Plan from Indiana Library Federation
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Book Readings 2
Complete Video Reading narrated by Rocco Staino
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Audiobook Excerpt narrated by John McDonough
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Awards & Distinctions 12
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Winner, 2012
Cook Prize, 2012-2024
Winner, 2012
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2012
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2012
Flora Stieglitz Straus Award for Nonfiction, 1993-2024
Younger Readers Winner, 2012
Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2024
Picture Book Illustration Winner, 2012
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024
Selection, 2012
Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2024
Commended, 2012
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2023
Selection, 2011
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2011
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2011
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