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The twenty-one balloons / written and illustrated by William Pène Du Bois.

21 baloons (other title)

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0670734411
  • ISBN: 9780670734412
  • ISBN: 0140320970
  • Physical Description: 179 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Viking Press, 1975.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"First published ... April 1947."
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.8 6 91.
Awards Note:
Newbery Medal, 1948.
Subject:
Balloons > Juvenile fiction.
Voyages and travels > Juvenile fiction.
Krakatoa (Indonesia) > Eruption, 1883 > Juvenile fiction.
Genre:
Fiction.

Available copies

  • 12 of 14 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 14 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Old Fort Branch Library NEW DUB 1948 (Text) 37810435302343 Juvenile Newbery Available -
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library J DU BOIS (Text) 39493105011003 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Braswell Memorial Main Library J Du Bois (Text) 540191001157634 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Enka-Candler Library J DUB (Text) 0020502739475 Juvenile Fiction In transit -
Fletcher Branch DUB (Text) 33258007964765 Juvenile Fiction Checked out 08/20/2026
Gunn Memorial Public Library J F DUB (Text) 34621991092746 Juvenile Fiction Paperback Available -
Jackson County Public Library J DU BOIS (Text) 39493104233004 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Jacksonville Main Library JUV FIC DU BOIS (Text) 36015001415278 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Macon County Public Library J DU BOIS (Text) 39493107255392 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Martin Memorial Library J FIC (Text) 38344200037743 Juvenile Fiction Available -

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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.