Soar to the Stratosphere
Auguste Piccard's Incredible Balloon Flight to Dizzying Heights
$41.09
- Hardcover
64 pages
- Release Date
14 July 2026
Summary
The incredible illustrated true story of the first balloon flight to the stratosphere, for children ages 4–8.
Soar to the Stratosphere: Auguste Piccard’s Incredible Balloon Flight to Dizzying Heights presents an endearing, exciting, and true story of innovation and exploration that will delight budding scientists and fans of adventure. In this bouncy, adventure-packed, rhyming picture book, the experts at Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum tell the s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780826369758 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0826369758 |
| Author: | Thomas Paone, Diane Kidd |
| Publisher: | University of New Mexico Press |
| Imprint: | University of New Mexico Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 64 |
| Release Date: | 14 July 2026 |
| Weight: | 355g |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 203mm x 10mm |
| Series: | Barbara Guth Worlds of Wonder Series |
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About The Author
Thomas Paone
Thomas Paone curates the lighter-than-air collection of the National Air and Space Museum, including balloons, blimps, and airships. The collection consists of over five hundred items, from small pieces of fabric from historical balloons, blimps, and airships to the Explorer II gondola, which produced the first-ever image showing the curvature of the Earth.
Diane Kidd has a degree in art from the Pratt Institute and a master’s degree in early childhood education from Bank Street College. She has worked with a number of publishers, and her books include Pluto’s Secret, Weird Stories from the Lonesome Café, and more.
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