“It will. & 160;sweep readers away. ” —Kirkus Reviews “Henry’s lush digital artwork depicts the splendors& 160;of eighteenth-century France. a good addition to& 160;units on aviation and inventors. ” —BooklistMore than a century before the Wright Brothers invented their plane Josephand 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 & 160; Back in 1782 in Ardèche France lived Joseph Montgolfier a dreamer and an inventor who liked to learn about how everything worked. 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. & 160; 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 rooster a duck and a sheep—who became its very first passengers. . Language: English