This is a true story about the original puppeteer of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.  It involves learning about pulleys and connections can be made in Science to this book.  Tony Sarg, the inventor of balloon puppets kept working to modify the balloons and was a creative inventor who became curious about how things moved at a young age.


There are great resources to use from this book from the following website: http://www.hmhbooks.com/kids/resources/BalloonsOverBroadway_ActivityKit.pdf.  You can find activities to make your own stick puppets, finger puppets, and marionettes.