Displaying 1 of 1 1986 Format: Book Author: Pène du Bois, William, 1916-1993. Title: The twenty-one balloons / written and illustrated by William Pène Du Bois. Publisher, Date: New York : Puffin Books, 1986, c1947. Description: 179 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. 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. Subjects: Balloons -- Fiction. Voyages and travels -- Fiction. Krakatoa (Indonesia) -- Eruption, 1883. Other Title: 21 balloons Notes: "First published by The Viking Press, 1947"--T.p. verso. Newbery Medal, 1948 LCCN: 86042513 ISBN: 9780140320978 0140320970 9780606050777 (Turtleback Ed.) 0606050779 (Turtleback Ed.) 9780812422894 (PFNL) 0812422899 (PFNL) Other Number: 13092893 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 657858 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: j Du Bois Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1