Gr 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 th...
A young boys passion for music and his friendship with an itinerant trumpeter combine to make the impossible happen. Set during the Great Depression, this is a story about the universal dream of finding something to have and hold forever. Ages 5-up....