01400cam a2200361 4500 239562724 TxAuBib 20150810120000.0 860109t19861947||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 86042513 /AC 9780140320978 pbk. 0140320970 pbk. (OCoLC)13092893 TxAuBib P©·ne du Bois, William, 1916-1993. The twenty-one balloons / written and illustrated by William Pene Du Bois. New York : Puffin Books, 1986. ©1947. 179 p. : ill., pb ; 20 cm. Puffin Newbery library Reprint. Originally published: New York : Viking Press, 1947. 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. 1070 Lexile. Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.3 8.0 76. Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.8 6.0 91. 20150810. Newbery Medal, 1948. Balloons Fiction. Voyages and travels Fiction. Krakatoa (Indonesia) Eruption, 1883. Puffin Newbery library. TXING