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. Winner of the 1948 Newbery Medal, this classic fantasy-adventure is now available in a handsome new edition. "William Pne du Bois combines his rich imagination, scientific tastes, and brilliant artistry to tell a story that has no age limit." -- The Horn BookProfessor 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. Winner of the 1948 Newbery Medal, this classic fantasy-adventure is now available in a handsome new edition. "William Pne du Bois combines his rich imagination, scientific tastes, and brilliant artistry to tell a story that has no age limit." -- The Horn Book
The Twenty-one Balloons
The Twenty-one Balloons is written by William Pène du Bois an American author and illustrator of children books.
The Twenty-one Balloons is mainly about Professor Willian Waterman Sherman a teacher in San Francisco teaching arithmetic, he is so tired of teaching that the went on a hot-air balloon trip. He plans to fly across the Pacific Ocean. But instead through a twist of fate, he lands on Krakatoa, a legendary island with unimaginable wealth, eccentric inhabitants, and fantastic b...The Twenty-one Balloons
?????? The Twenty-one Balloons is written by William Pène du Bois an American author and illustrator of children books.
?????? The Twenty-one Balloons is mainly about Professor Willian Waterman Sherman a teacher in San Francisco teaching arithmetic, he is so tired of teaching that the went on a hot-air balloon trip. He plans to fly across the Pacific Ocean. But instead through a twist of fate, he lands on Krakatoa, a legendary island with unimaginable wealth, eccentric inhabitants, and fantastic balloon inventions. But Professor Willian Waterman Sherman has much more to learn. There are twenty families on the island, with a mother, a father, a boy, and a girl. Also, each family have a name of the alphabet, so the first family is called Mr. A, the father; Mrs. A, the mother; A one, the son; and A two, the daughter, then so on. Krakaroa have a different calendar too, there are twenty days in a month and eighteen months in a year. And each family only need to work one day in a month, so the family A make food for everyone on the first day the A day; the family B make food for everyone on the B day…
?????? But one day, a disaster come and ruin everything. It is the only chance to escape. Finally, everyone survived and keeps the secret.
?????? I think the story is saying too much wealth means nothing. Also I strongly recommended this book .(展開(kāi))
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