{"product_id":"9781454923602","title":"Up and Away!: How Two Brothers Invented the Hot-Air Balloon","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMore than a century before the Wright Brothers invented their plane, Joseph\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eand Étienne Montgolfier sent a flying machine into the skies—a hot-air balloon with three animals in the basket. Go up, up, and away with them on their first, magical journey! \u003c\/b\u003e   Back in 1782, in Ardèche, France, lived Joseph Montgolfier, a dreamer and an inventor who liked to learn about how everything worked. Most of all, he wondered how kites stayed up in the sky.  When one day a gust of wind blew his papers into the fireplace, he noticed that something lifted the pieces into the air—and he realized that heat could make things rise.  With the help of his brother, Étienne, he began to experiment . . . and created a new kind of flying machine: a hot-air balloon! This beautifully illustrated picture book tells the story of how the balloon came to be, King Louis XVI’s visit to see it fly, and the three animals—a hen, a duck, and a sheep—who became its very first passengers.  ","brand":"Sterling Children's Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47026972426480,"sku":"9781454923602","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781454923602_p0.jpg?v=1769908432","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781454923602","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}