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Balloons over Broadway : the true story of the puppeteer of Macy's Parade
Sweet, Melissa
Paper Book
A New York Times bestseller! From Caldecott Honor artist Melissa Sweet comes the perfect Thanksgiving Day picture book. Let's have a parade! Meet the master puppeteer who invented the first balloons for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Melissa Sweet brings to...
Milly and the Macy's Parade
Corey, Shana.
Paper Book
Milly, a spirited little girl, envisions a way to bring a bit of her family's old country festivities to their new home in America. Featuring artwork by the illustrator of the Lemony Snicket books, this heartwarming fictional tale is based on the true history of the first Macy's Parade in 1924 and...
Christmas parade
Boynton, Sandra
Paper Book
From this rousing beginning unfolds Christmas Parade, a merry board book filled with hilarious characters from the one and only Sandra Boynton! Written with the irresistible rhythm of a lively marching band and illustrated with Boynton's signature characters, including...
https://www.macys.com/social/parade/parade-101/

Macy's offers a website with lots of information and activities about the parade, including a tour of the studio where floats are designed and housed.

https://www.wired.com/2015/11/the-physics-of-the-giant-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-balloons/
How do these giant balloons work? What makes them both easier and more complicated than a normal sized balloon?
https://www.popsci.com/science-and-engineering-macys-thanksgiving-day-balloons/

They're cute and take real engineering to get up into the air. I'm talking about the iconic balloons in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/meet-the-balloonatics-scifri-goes-to-macys-parade-studio

How are Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons designed, calculated, fabricated, tested, and retested before they show up on the streets of Manhattan?


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