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Victorious, a member of the unlucky Rattan family in rural France, becomes involved in a historic hot air balloon ascension and restores good repute to the Rattans
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Grade 4-6-- A Thurberesque fantasy based on the Montgolfier balloon flight. Victorious, heir to the fading Rattan fortune, leaves the impoverished village of Aix La Zag to become a traveling artist. He arrives in Paris with a duck, sheep, and chicken that he has received in payment for his art. The animals are promptly drafted as France's first aeronauts, and Victorious is given one evening to paint the balloon to make it impressive enough for a royal performance. When the balloon returns to Aix La Zag, the villagers mistake it for a dragon, destroy it, and build a thriving tourist economy on the event. The quirky story is complemented by a mock heroic writing style with delightfully alliterative language, making it a good choice for a short read-aloud. --Elaine E. Knight, Lincoln Elementary Schools, IL
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- PublisherBradbury Press
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0027101118
- ISBN 13 9780027101119
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages52
- IllustratorJonathan Hunt
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jonathan Hunt (illustrator). First Edition; First Printing. Color and B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 52 pages; Tight bright and neat in crisp-edged illustrated dust jacket. Very tightly bound book feels and appears entirely unread. There is some mild darkening to the dust jacket over the gutters, perhaps a consequence of they type fo glue used by the publisher/binder on the endpages. Signed with brief inscription and small sketch by the illustrator to front endpage. Book entirely as new with a crisp sharp jacket with a mild strange bit of toning adjacent to the spine panel. F/NF; Signed by Illustrator. Seller Inventory # 27291
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VICTORIOUS PAINTS THE GREAT BALLOON; By David Francis Birchman / Illustrated by Jonathan Hunt
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Book Description Cloth and boards. Condition: Very Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Jonathan Hunt (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. INSCRIBED & DOUBLY SIGNED on half title by the Illustrator: "For Roland, Up, Up and Away! Good Luck to You! / Signed as Jon & as Jonathan Hunt with an ORIGINAL 2" SKETCH of the head of a cheerful DUCK in stocking cap saying "Quack," tall 8vo (8 7/8" x 6 5/8"), blue quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over blue boards; profusely illustrated with a pictorial dedication page and 11 full-page detailed plates: half in color & half in B&W, peach endpapers, 52 pages. David Francis Birchman is a children's author of such light-hearted titles for youngsters as A Tale of Tulips; A Tale of Onions; Brother Billy Bronto's Bygone Blues Band; Jigsaw Jackson; and The Raggly Scraggly No-Soap No-Scrub Girl. This charming and beautifully illustrated book is about early French aeronauts ascending in a hot air balloon. SUPERIOR OVERALL CONDITION! EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with ORIGINAL SKETCH. Tight, bright, clean. Beautiful clean dust jacket. No remainder marks. Seller Inventory # 8041
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