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

From Caldecott Honor artist Melissa Sweet comes the perfect Thanksgiving Day picture book. Let's have a parade! Meet the master puppeteer who invented the first balloons for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Da…

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