Melissa SweetBalloons Over Broadway: The Inspiring True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

As a retired elementary librarian, I give this wonderful book TEN stars! It is enchanting from beginning to end, from the creative explanation of how to say Tony Sarg’s name to the Bibliography and Sources. Even the inside covers contribute to the story. I plan to share it with all the children, small and tall, at our annual family reunion Thanksgiving dinner - I expect it will become a tradition!

Balloons Over Broadway is a charming tales with vivid descriptions and pictures. I read this book to my preschool class and they were mystified by the magic and mechanics this books portrays. This book is truly a all in one type story, it includes history with the actual story of Tony and the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, it has the enchanting magic of a holiday themed story, but also includes a STEM aspect as the story explains how Tony came to invent his giant balloons. Balloons Over Broad also includes beautifully illustrated pictures that will grab the attention of children and adults, using a simplistic style but also including some images from Tony's actual life. Overall, this is a perfect book that explains an important part of Thanksgiving Day history and introduces an opportunity to learn about how parades came to be.

I’m a preschool teacher and my class loved this book! We have a puppeteer coming into our school and I had never read this before. It was an amazing story about the Macys Day Parade. This book is recommended by my entire class! Almost my whole class has ordered copies of this. It will be a thanksgiving staple for years to come!

The book is the history of the Macy's Day Parade large puppets. My grandchildren found it interesting. There is a lot of detail in the book with great drawings.

My kindergartners LOVED learning about the balloons in the Macy’s parade. This book is beautiful and packed with factual information. Highly recommend!

Beautiful picture book with a great story.

I bought this book originally for my boys wanting to teach them the history behind the thanksgiving day parade. A tradition that began in my house as a little girl. I didn’t realize that opening it up and learning more myself would bring back the profound memories as a little girl waking up on thanksgiving morning to my dad in the kitchen making orange rolls and breakfast with the parade on the tv. A tradition I’ve carried into my own family.The illustrations are incredible! Highly recommend

I truly enjoy reading this book, whether a your an adult or child it’s a great read. Wonderful American history.