Balloon Blow Up
Andy Geppert
Hachette Australia
Lothian Books
ISBN: 9780734420718
RRP$19.99 (Hard back)

Description:
A simple book about making a highly complex decision. How big should I make my very own balloon? Illustrated in Andy Geppert’s gorgeous gentle style, this adorable picture book is about making your first big decision and caring for things that are precious to you … like a yellow balloon.

Would you like a balloon?
Yes please, Elly. Can you make it big?
How big?

Even small questions are big when you’re a kid. In this charming picture book, a little girl must decide how big she wants her yellow balloon to be. As big as a fishbowl or even bigger, like the moon? She has to decide quickly because it looks like the balloon has its own ideas.

My View:
How talented is Andy Geppert? Now only did he write this entertaining children’s book, he illustrated it too! And the images are so cute too.

I will let you into a secret – I dislike balloons – intensely! They are so fragile, they POP so unexpectedly and so loudly … I have had an aversion to them all my life (not only as a child), so the “Colossally Gigantic BREATHTAKING Balloon Owner’s Contract” within this read makes perfect sense to me 🙂

This is a simple yet engaging read and I love that Hachette have produced a Teachers Resource kit (on their website) to use with the book. Well done all.