![]() ![]() Take note, too, of the surprising double page spread that demonstrates Sarg’s breakthrough of puppet engineering. Sweet also provides enough instructive diagrams, including excerpts from Sarg’s own sketches and samples of his creations, to pique even the most passive puppet fan’s interest. With its joyful palette and plethora of whimsical figures, Sweet’s artistic style might as well be eponymous. But what truly infuses this picture book biography with joy from end page to end page is Sweet’s mixed media illustrations. Mixing amusing side commentary (a wooden puppet explains that “Sarg rhymes with aargh!”) with nudging questions (“Still, how would Tony make his big puppets move?”), Sweet traces Sarg’s journey from a childhood of creativity and resourcefulness to his groundbreaking success as what many consider the Father of American Puppetry. In Balloons over Broadway, Caldecott Honor artist Melissa Sweet introduces us to Tony Sarg, the self-taught puppeteer who created the enormous half balloon, half puppets that distinguish the Macy’s parade from other holiday festivities. This year’s Sibert Award winner for nonfiction is a celebration of a celebration-or specifically, the man who made the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade one of the most jubilant yearly events of the last century. ![]() ![]() Published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2011 ![]()
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