William Pène du Bois (1916–1993)
Autor/a de The Twenty-One Balloons
Sobre l'autor
Crèdit de la imatge: Photo: John Phillips/Time & Life Pictures
Obres de William Pène du Bois
The TWENTY - ONE (21) BALLOONS. 3 exemplars
A season to beware 3 exemplars
The Island in the Square 2 exemplars
The Case of the Frightened Fish 1 exemplars
Otto in Texas the adventures of Otto 1 exemplars
Plains Hotel 1 exemplars
The 21 Baloons 1 exemplars
Lazy Tommy Pumpkinhead 1 exemplars
Obres associades
A Century of Children's Ghost Stories: Tales of Dread and Delight (1995) — Col·laborador — 27 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom normalitzat
- Pène du Bois, William
- Nom oficial
- Pène du Bois, William Sherman
- Data de naixement
- 1916-05-09
- Data de defunció
- 1993-02-05
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
France - Lloc de naixement
- Nutley, New Jersey, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- Nice, France
- Educació
- Lycée Hoche, Versailles, France
Lycée de Nice - Professions
- children's book author
journalist
illustrator - Relacions
- Tomes, Margot (cousin)
Pène du Bois, Guy (father) - Organitzacions
- Paris Review (founding editor)
Membres
Converses
Found: Children's book: hot air balloon stranded on island with gold a Name that Book (abril 2021)
Ressenyes
The Twenty-One Balloons de William Pène du Bois
Professor William Waterman Sherman intends to fly across the Pacific Ocean. But through a twist of fate, he lands on Krakatoa, and discovers a world of unimaginable wealth, eccentric inhabitants, and incredible balloon inventions.
This was an odd, whimsical short story. The plot was intriguing and kept me interested - although it wasn't overly exciting or adventurous as described. The cover of the edition I read was gorgeous. Simple and easy to read.
Enjoyable children's adventure tale about a man discovering a secret society. A bit like 'The Beach' or 'The Village' but without the darkness.
The story starts off quite similar to the movie 'Up!'. A 66 year old man decides to spend a year ballooning to get away from things. He's a retired schoolteacher and therefore really dislikes children. Since he is going to be up there for so long he designs the basket of the balloon to resemble a small house complete with balustrade all around like a porch.
Its funny and interesting, however it loses some suspense since it's told in flashback so you already know the ending.… (més)
The story starts off quite similar to the movie 'Up!'. A 66 year old man decides to spend a year ballooning to get away from things. He's a retired schoolteacher and therefore really dislikes children. Since he is going to be up there for so long he designs the basket of the balloon to resemble a small house complete with balustrade all around like a porch.
Its funny and interesting, however it loses some suspense since it's told in flashback so you already know the ending.… (més)
My!, how Newberry Winners have changed. I feel like the more modern ones are more for adults than children. This book was very much aimed at children and very fantastical. Not my favorite but much better than the "stories about children for adults" that win these days.
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 46
- També de
- 21
- Membres
- 6,006
- Popularitat
- #4,100
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 76
- ISBN
- 112
- Llengües
- 3
- Pedres de toc
- 84