Students in first grade designed and created their own balloon parade floats after reading Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade by Melissa Sweet. While parading through a fourth grade classroom, one first grader was heard saying, “I love this parade, it gives me so many happy feelings!” The first graders were proud to show off their balloons as they paraded through many classrooms and a lunchroom full of students.















