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The twenty-one balloons
Du Bois, William P�ne, 1916-1993

Publisher:	Puffin,
Pub date:	[1986, c1947].
Pages:	179 p.
ISBN:	0140320970
Item info:	7 copies checked in at Center Line Public Library, Eastpointe Memorial Library, Harper Woods Public Library, Lenox Township Library, Mt. Clemens Public Library, Roseville Public Library, and Warren - Civic Center Branch.

Holdings
Center Line Public Library	Copies	Material	Location
J D NEW	1	Book-21 day loan	Long Overdue Items
Eastpointe Memorial Library	Copies	Material	Location
Y PBC D	1	Book-21 day loan	Youth Services
Harper Woods Public Library	Copies	Material	Location
J PBK DUBOIS	1	Book - Juvenile	Juvenile
Lenox Township Library	Copies	Material	Location
JF DUB	1	Book-21 day loan	Juvenile
Mt. Clemens Public Library	Copies	Material	Location
JFIC DUBOIS PAP	1	Book-21 day loan	Juvenile
Roseville Public Library	Copies	Material	Location
J PBK DUBOIS	1	Book-21 day loan	Youth Services
Warren - Civic Center Branch	Copies	Material	Location
JFIC DU BOIS	1	Book-21 day loan	Juvenile

Summary

"When Prof. William Waterman Sherman was found adrift in the Atlantic clinging to the debris of twenty-one balloons, all America was rocked with curiosity. . . . Dead-pan humor mingles extravaganza with the smallest practicalities."--"The New York Times." Newbery Honor Book. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 3
I Professor Sherman's Incredible Loyalty	p. 9
II A Hero's Welcome Is Prepared	p. 19
III A Description of the Globe	p. 35
IV The Unwelcome Passenger	p. 47
V A New Citizen of Krakatoa	p. 61
VI The Gourmet Government	p. 77
VII The Moroccan House of Marvels	p. 95
VIII Airy-Go-Round	p. 113
IX Concerning the Giant Balloon Life Raft	p. 135
X What Goes Up Must Come Down	p. 155

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Personal Author	Du Bois, William P�ne, 1916-1993
Title	The twenty-one balloons / written and illustrated by William Pene du Bois.
Publication info	New York : Puffin, [1986, c1947].
Physical descrip	179 p.
Summary	Relates the incredible adventures of Professor William Waterman Sherman, who in 1883 sets off in a balloon across the Pacific, survives the volcanic eruption of Krakatoa, and is eventually picked up in the Atlantic.