Bunny and Jack, animal detectives, investigate the disappearance of the balloons from the neighborhood toy store.

A balloon takes Ben on an adventure.

James has a bunch of balloons, each of which holds a special memory, but as his grandfather ages and loses his own balloons, James discovers that he is gaining new ones.

Ten-year-old Walter Tipple is grieving his beloved older brother, Tank, when a sassy girl named Posey moves in next door and Banjo, a hot-air balloonist, sets the pair on an adventure.

When Ben's mother buys him a big balloon, it takes him for a ride.

A shy bird wants to become friends with a bear, but the bear already has a friend--a big, red balloon.

After attaching their names and addresses to balloons which they launch into the air, Mike and his elementary school classmates wait anxiously to see whose travels the farthest.

Matilda promises her little sister Clemmie an amazing weekend spend playing outside, but the weather is rainy and Clemmie can't bring her new balloon along. Matilda teaches Clemmie all the delights of a wet Saturday. "Cuando matilda se propone ense�nar a su hermana menor Clementina todos los placeres de un s�abado mojada, ella misma aprende una lecci�on que nunca olvidar�a."--P. [4] of cover.

When an orange balloon floats over her world of green and gray, Mathilda the sheep realizes that she can be more than she is, and sets out to convince the rest of the flock that anything is possible.

"Owl has a red balloon and Monkey wants it, but Owl does not want to share. So Monkey tries to find something to trade for the balloon"--