Bibliograph

Hot-air Henry, by Mary Calhoun ; illustrated by Erick Ingraham ; produced by Cecily Truett ; produced & directed by Larry Lancit ; written by Ellen Schecter ; produced by Lancit Media Productions Ltd. ; a production of Great Plains National Television Library and WNED-TV

Type

Label

Hot-air Henry, by Mary Calhoun ; illustrated by Erick Ingraham ; produced by Cecily Truett ; produced & directed by Larry Lancit ; written by Ellen Schecter ; produced by Lancit Media Productions Ltd. ; a production of Great Plains National Television Library and WNED-TV

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

resource.interestGradeLevel

Primary grades

Main title

Hot-air Henry

Oclc number

191730208

Responsibility statement

by Mary Calhoun ; illustrated by Erick Ingraham ; produced by Cecily Truett ; produced & directed by Larry Lancit ; written by Ellen Schecter ; produced by Lancit Media Productions Ltd. ; a production of Great Plains National Television Library and WNED-TV

Runtime

Series statement

Reading rainbow, 16

Summary

Presents a reading of the book Hot-air Henry, by Mary Calhoun. Host LeVar Burton attends a colorful national ballooning event in South Carolina. He then provides a comical look into the past at some flying machines that didn't. Three books are also reviewed: "Easy-to-make spaceships that really fly" by Mary Blocksma and Dewey Blocksma, "The big balloon race" by Eleanor Coerr, and "Just us women" by Jeannette Caines

Target audience

primary

Technique

animation and live action

Contributor