Skybound!
Sue Ganz-Schmitt, illustrated by Iacopo Bruno
Skybound! is a picture-book biography of Mary Myers, who flew balloons under the name Carlotta. Interested in flight despite social expectations that limited women’s lives, she experimented on balloon design with her husband and developed improvements. Her ascents included observations that contributed to knowledge of weather and the atmosphere. The book places her work in the nineteenth-century histories of ballooning, invention, and women’s involvement in science.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
