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Where Do Balloons Go?: An Uplifting Mystery [With Reusable Stickers & 2 Play Areas]
Haven't you ever wondered ...
Where do balloons go
when you let them go free?
It can happen by accident.
It happened to me.
Do they tango with airplanes?
Or cha-cha with birds?
Can plain balloons read
balloons printed with words?
When one little boy accidentally lets go of his balloon, his imagination takes him on its journey.
Jamie Lee Curtis's gentle and humorous exploration of th...more
Where do balloons go
when you let them go free?
It can happen by accident.
It happened to me.
Do they tango with airplanes?
Or cha-cha with birds?
Can plain balloons read
balloons printed with words?
When one little boy accidentally lets go of his balloon, his imagination takes him on its journey.
Jamie Lee Curtis's gentle and humorous exploration of th...more
Hardcover, 36 pages
Published
August 29th 2000
by Joanna Cotler Books
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I love everything about this book. The age old question "Where do balloons go?" I remember having this thought each time that I saw a balloon getting away from some small hand and rising up up and away on an spoken journey far up in to the clouds. Jamie Lee Curtis has written a delightful book on the subject! This book is fun to read with it's carefree poems and beautifully drawn pictures. The colorful pictures are so much fun to look at and what's more is that no matter how many times that we r...more
This book would make a great introduction to a science lesson. Children could brainstorm what they think happens to balloons. The illustrations are extremely detailed and fun. The rhyming throughout the book makes the reading enjoyable and fun. My one issue with this story is about pollution. When balloons are let go and drift off, it becomes a risk for animals thinking the deflated balloon is food. Reading this story in my classroom I would make sure that students understand how dangerous ballo...more
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Children are curious. They love to ask questions! "Where Do Balloons Go?" is full of questions to ponder without any definite answers. It is a wonderful way to start the day, to get students thinking. I love this book because it makes me think. Some of these questions I have wondered before and others are new thoughts for me to ponder. Outside of the words, the illustrations alone are worth looking at. Each page contains abnormal occurrences, such as a breadstick going in one's ear and out the o...more
Feb 10, 2012
Taylor Moore
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I loved this book- a great, creative read with elaborate pictures! First of all, as we all know, young children are very curious and love to ask questions! Through the personification of balloons, this book addresses the curiosity of children through the discussion of many places that balloons may go after they are let go. Even older children will find themselves giggling at this book as the book discusses different possibilities. Although they know that balloons really do not end up in these pl...more
Mar 14, 2012
Sara Presnell
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I think the best part about this book were the illustrations. They were so colorful, bright, and vivid. There was also so much involvement going on in each picture that I had to spend a few minutes just look at each page. The story was also cute. It was about where do balloons go when the float high up in the sky, and I am sure this is a thought that crosses a child's mind every now and then. This is definitely a book that I would have in an elementary classroom because I think the children woul...more
Feb 15, 2012
Katie Ellis
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I really loved this book with it's vibrant colors and silly thoughts about where balloons go when they are let free. The boy in the story comes up with many creative ideas about balloons and their travels up and up...but he wonders to where? Some of the silly ideas that they might do are dance with air planes and birds, race rockets, lay out in the sun, send postcards, etc. I think that children of any lower elementary school age would really love this book. The colors in the book are so vibrant...more
Feb 08, 2012
Margaret Cobb
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This book is a humorous story of one of those “mysteries” children might think about. It goes about the situation from a humor standpoint, when really, the balloons just pop. It’s fanciful for a balloon to do some of these things that people do, like dance with each other or go on vacation to relax. I can see a young child giggling at some of the situations because they know it doesn’t really happen, but it’s fun to think about. I like this book as a fun book to read before bed that doesn’t have...more
Feb 22, 2012
Sarah Attayek
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I really enjoyed the text and the images in this story. Though the images were a bit jumbled, kids would really enjoying delving through them and finding the balloons doing people things. Most of the story was interrogative which would make a great lesson on writing rhetorical questions or listening for voice inflections. The concept of letting go is very difficult to children, especially those who are just starting and away from their parents. The balloon is relatable to most children and is a...more
Feb 29, 2012
Suzanne DeConto
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This book is a great way to address the issue of death with a small child. The author gives the balloons human attributes (vacationing, dancing, eating, making a family). The many suggestions about where balloons go when they fly away can help answer a child's question about where people go. It encourages them to use their imaginations, but never places the balloon in any negative situation. This assures the child that whoever has died is enjoying life somewhere else. Cute book!
Feb 07, 2012
Jamie
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This book was a cute book that showed the natural curiosity that kids have. It put balloons in the place of humans and let them really explore the areas that balloons don't really explore. It definitely relied on pictures because while it did have words, the pictures were very elaborate and gave more meaning to the words. The words were general statements about what was on the page. Definitely recommended for a cute read!
Jan 25, 2012
Sarah Brock
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I thought this was a really entertaining book. The illustrations added a lot to the story because if you really examined the pictures closely, you could observe a lot about the balloons and their experiences. It allowed for a deeper personification of the balloons. Also, I thought it had a cute ending too that had a message of enjoying what you do have and finding peace when you no longer have that anymore.
Mar 21, 2012
Anna Keegan
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I very much enjoyed Jamie Lee Curtis' book, "Where Do Balloons Go?" It is a great idea, as I am sure the children like to imagine their balloons having a life after they are accidentally let go of. I enjoyed the flow that the text had, with the inclusion of end rhyme. The pictures were at times chaotic and a little bit hard to not get distracted by. However, sometimes they really added a lot to the story.
Another of Portia's favorites, Where Do Balloons Go? is a lyrical, fun story about what happens to balloons "when you let them go free." There are vinyl stickers in the back and slick endpapers so you can decorate (and re-decorate) with balloons and silly faces. A really cute book. (I'm leaving off a star because the illustrations are not really my favorite.)
Feb 22, 2012
Alicia Jones
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This is a great book that adds to the imagination that many young children have. It entails the mystery of what happens to balloons once they are released which could be related to many events that a person goes through in life. The end has a great quote that everyone should live by "So just hold on tight till you have to let go."
I loved this book! I really liked the rhyming word and the funny illustrations. But I really enjoyed how it explores the curiosity of children. They are always asking questions and this is the perfect example of how their minds work. I could also use this book in the classroom as a prompt for writing or the being of a science lesson.
Where do balloons go? A question most kids ask. This book explores the many things I'm sure most of us have speculated. "Do they keep going up? Are they always alone? Do they ever just let down their strings down and relax?" This book encourages thinking, imagination, and curiosity. It can also lead into a science lesson.
Aug 30, 2012
Katie O'brien
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Where Do Balloons Go? is a very cute book about what happens to balloons when they accidentally float away. The lines rhyme and the pictures are bright and eye catching. There are also stickers on the inside cover of balloons that you can re-arrange which is a cute interactive part. I think this is good book for little kids.
A good book with with great illustrations. This book is about a little boy that uses his imagination about what happens to balloons when they accidently get released into the sky? My favorite part of the book is when the little boy asks if when balloons go up do they tangle with airplanes? or tango with birds.
Another fun book by Jamie Lee Curtis, capturing the imagination and the wonderment of a young child.
The only issue I have with the book is that letting balloons go, especially the mylar ones, can be very disasterous, especially if they get tangled in power lines. That's not even mentioning the impact on sea life when they land in the ocean.
While I realize that this book is more of a metaphor, children are more literal and won't necessarily pick up on that. I would not recommend encouraging chi...more
The only issue I have with the book is that letting balloons go, especially the mylar ones, can be very disasterous, especially if they get tangled in power lines. That's not even mentioning the impact on sea life when they land in the ocean.
While I realize that this book is more of a metaphor, children are more literal and won't necessarily pick up on that. I would not recommend encouraging chi...more
I used the English version of this story for a bilingual story time program featuring balloons and ovals to celebrate our library system's 100th birthday. (I used the Spanish version for the Spanish program.) This is a colorful, silly rhyming story about what happens to balloons when you let them go flying into the air. It's a kid-pleaser.
I read this from the book app. Well, actually Jamie Lee Curtis read it to me while I played with the interactive elements of the book. I made balloon animals, did connect the dots, and created and performed an original play while enjoying this book. SOO COOL!!!!
I LOVE this book.
I get emotional each time I read it. It's not really about where balloons go. It's a book to explain loss and grief. It's a good book for kids if they lose a loved one.
I'm pretty sure I bought this book before I had kids. I still have that copy and get it out to read to them every now and then.
I used this story for a Spanish story time program featuring balloons and ovals to celebrate our library system's 100th birthday. (I used the English version for the bilingual program.) This is a colorful, silly rhyming story about what happens to balloons when you let them go flying into the air. It's a kid-pleaser.
This was a really fun read for my boys and our story time. It give the kids something to think about and they talked about it after the story was done. Who of us has not ever lost a Balloon??? really where do they go??? A fun book for kids of all ages!!!
I love every single one of Jamie Lee Curtis' books. My favorite is My Mommy Hung the Moon, but this one is awesome too. She talks about balloons and what they could do in their spare time, or what happens when you let go of them in the sky.
Story of curiosity. It encourages children to think about things that are common or otherwise not given much attention to. It also gives children the idea that no question is too silly to consider. Fun story that gets kids thinking.
A similar set up for this book as for the previous books by the same author and illustrator.
A child wonders about what happens to a balloon that is let go, as a parent would wonder about what might happen to a child once he leaves home.
A child wonders about what happens to a balloon that is let go, as a parent would wonder about what might happen to a child once he leaves home.
I love that this book addresses the question we have all asked at some point as a child. Where do those balloons go when we set them free? Jamie Lee certainly gives a lot of good answers to the old proverbial question!
I LOVED THIS BOOK! This is a creative and funny book about where balloons go when you let go of them. I would love to read this book in my classroom, then go outside and give everyone a balloon to let go of.
Cute story about where balloons may go when released into the atmosphere. Lots of rhyming and bright pictures. The illustrations are very close to the text and would be great for developing readers and ESOL students.
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Jamie Lee Curtis is a two-time Golden Globe-winning, BAFTA-winning, and Emmy-nominated American film actress and an author of children's books. Although she was initially known as a "scream queen" because of her starring roles in many horror films early in her career such as Halloween (1978 film), The Fog, Prom Night (1980 film) and Terror Train, Curtis has since compiled a body of work that cover...more
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