Iconic best hippo friends George and Martha discover that, among other things, pouring split pea soup into your loafers to spare the chef's feelings is not the best-laid plan.

In a time before Lyra Silvertongue was born, the tough American balloonist Lee Scoresby and the great armoured bear Iorek Byrnison meet when Lee and his hare daemon Hester crash-land their trading balloon onto a port in the far Arctic North and find themselves right in the middle of a political powder keg. Fantasy.

"When Sebastian launches himself on a journey in a hot air balloon made entirely of Grandma's afghans and patchwork quilts, his boring day turns into the adventure of a lifetime"--

"Discusses the basic scientific principles and historical context of hot air balloons"--Provided by publisher.

Photographs and simple text describes hot air balloons and what makes them fly.

A child experiences an exhilarating ride in a hot air balloon, looking down at the world from above.

This book tells the often dramatic and always fascinating story of flight in lighter than air machines. For centuries man had dreamed of flying, but all attempts failed, until in 1782 the Montgolfier brothers constructed the world's first hot air balloon The following year saw the first ascent with aeronauts - not human beings but a sheep, a duck and a cockerel. But it was not long before men and women too took to the air and became ever more adventurous....

Ten-year-old Jessica accompanies her parents to a hot-air balloon festival where she meets Storm, a magic wolf that has transformed himself into a puppy, and together they enjoy the festival and prevent a dangerous mishap before Storm must return to his pack.

When Lars, the little polar bear, finds a lost puffin and a hot-air balloon, he believes his dream of flying may finally come true.

Bonnie and Orson, two young rabbits, build a hot air balloon to enter in a St. Valentine's Day balloon race.