A funny, touching picture book about letting go, from the bestselling author-illustrator team behind Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods that Make My Day.

Jamie Lee Curtis's gentle and humorous exploration of the joys and perils of a balloon's life is whimsically brought to life by Laura Cornell's illustrations. When one little boy accidentally lets go of his balloon, his imagination takes him on a journey...

Where do balloons go
when you let them go free?
It can happen by accident.
It happened to me.

Where Do Balloons Go? has levels of meaning that will speak to kids and adults. An approachable way to explore feelings about loss and change.

Author: Jamie Lee Curtis
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 08/29/2000
Pages: 36
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 8.93h x 10.33w x 0.39d
ISBN: 9780060279806
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.3
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 45465 / Where Do Balloons Go? an Uplifting Mystery


Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 08/18/2000 pg. 121
Publishers Weekly 08/21/2000 pg. 73
Kirkus Review - Children 09/01/2000 pg. 1280
New York Times 10/15/2000 pg. 31
Beyond the Cover Author Interv 09/01/2000 pg. 10
Time 11/20/2000 pg. 153
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2000 pg. 745
School Library Journal 12/01/2000 pg. 107
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2000 pg. 33 - Superior,Well Above Average
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2001 pg. 33 - Superior,Well Above Average
Publishers Weekly 08/18/2000

About the Author
Curtis, Jamie Lee: -

Jamie Lee Curtis has had many firsts: her first (and only) marriage to Christopher Guest, her first time holding her children, Annie and Tom, her first time pretending to be a customer in an episode of Quincy, and her first time she wrote words that became her first book. She lives in Los Angeles, the first city she ever lived in, and is always first in line, first to arrive, first to leave, and first to sleep.

Cornell, Laura: -

Laura Cornell lives in New York City with her daughter, Lily (first and only), but they spend much time in California, Laura's first state in her first home. She was asked to illustrate Jamie's first book, and that became ten. Lucky is the first word that comes to mind.