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Du Bois, William Pène, 1916-1993.

The twenty-one balloons / written and illustrated by William Pène Du Bois. - New York : Viking Press, 1947. - 179 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - Newbery John Newbery Medal Book, 1948 . - John Newbery Medal Book, 1948. .

"First published ... April 1947."

Fanciful adventures of Professor Sherman, who leaves on a vacation in a balloon, and lands on a volcanic island in the Pacific. Grades 5-9.

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Newbery Medal, 1948.

ISBN: 0670734411 9780670734412

LCCN: 47002533

Subjects--Meeting Names:
Eruption of Krakatoa (Indonesia : 1883)

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1883

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Newbery Medal
Balloons--Juvenile fiction.
Voyages and travels--Juvenile fiction.
Balloons--Fiction.
Newbery medal book.
Voyages and travels--Fiction.
Krakatoa (Indonesia)--Eruption, 1883.
Trans-world travel--Fiction.
Balloon travel--Fiction.
Balloons.
Voyages and travels.
Balloons--Fiction.
Voyages and travels--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Krakatoa (Indonesia)--Eruption, 1883--Juvenile fiction.
Indonesia--Krakatoa.
Krakatoa (Indonesia)--Eruption, 1883--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Humorous fiction.
Tall tales.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Humorous fiction.
Tall tales.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.D8527 / Tw 1947

Dewey Class. No.: 813 / D8167tw