Where Is My Balloon?

Posted on 14 May 2017 by Ariel Bernstein

Owl and Monkey from I Have a Balloon are back But what happened to Owl s balloon Find out in this hilarious picture book about making mistakes and finding forgiveness.Owl has a balloon Monkey has a sock with a star and a perfectly shaped hole But then Owl asks Monkey to hold his balloon, just for a second What do you think happens POPWhen Owl returns and asks for his balloon, Monkey offers him everything under the sun except for the balloon Can their friendship survive this catastrophe Kirkus Reviews praised Owl and Monkey s first adventure, I Have a Balloon, This tightly paced narrative soars, in a starred review. Download Where Is My Balloon? – kino-fada.fr Such a sweet and funny book I read this out loud to my first grade class They loved it Direct quotes This author is funny I like how silly the monkey is when he brings all the wrong stuff to the owl I think the NEXT book will be all about the stuff the owl brings to the m...Moral of the story Never trust a monkey to take good care of your balloon.Cute story about forgiveness, though not nearly as charming as the first book.Owl and Monkey, the one in possession of a big, red balloon, the other the owner of a sock with a star on it, return in this follow up to their initial adventure, I Have A Balloon When Owl leaves his balloon in Monkey s care, and Monkey s playing around causes it to pop, this leads to trouble, as the simian mischief maker attempts to find a replacement, and his strigine friend becomes everirate Then Owl loses his cool, destroying Monkey s sock in the process, and ...Owl and Monkey are back in this hilarious sequel to I Have a Balloon When Owl asks Monkey to watch his balloon, Monkey has a little too much fun with it and POP Upon returning, Owl wants to know where his balloon is Monkey presents a series of objects ...I so appreciate the short text Not a word is wasted The author truly understands how kids think This was sooo funny and so kid friendly Will definitely be a hit And can bring up a discussion of ethics, as well, even though it s not didactic at all Can be paired with I Want My Hat Back.This book starts out as amusing, but ends with disappointment in an open ending that basically flips the problem around and starts over But it s not really that that spoiled this book for me It is the lack of any positive takeaway What is the point of this book That it is funny to lie and cover up that you did something wrong It s amusing at first, but after the monkey confesses and apologizes, and the story ends with the other character doing the SAME THING, what is the reader especially This book starts out as amusing, but ends with disappointment in an open ending tha...In this hilarious sequel by Ariel Bernstein, Owl asks Monkey to keep an eye on his balloon But Monkey being Monkey can t seem to control himself Mayhem ensues resulting in a big, red POP It s hard to choose a favorite spread with illustrations by Scott Magoon, but this one s up there Will Monkey fess up And how will Owl respond Kids will love this fun read aloud and the discussion that will surely follow, touching on responsibility, truth, revenge, forgiveness, an...Owl has a special balloon Monkey has a special sock Owl asks Monkey to hold his balloon Monkey gives him the sock The balloon pops while Monkey is playing with it Owl returns and wants his balloon back Monkey brings several other items out and pretends they re the balloon Finally, he confesses it popped Owl is sad but returns and forgives his friend Monkey says they can play with his sock The story ends with owl bringing another object as he lost ...Sometimes when we re playing around and having fun, we make mistakes It can be scary to own up to them, especially if we re worried that someone we care about might get upset or angry with us Owl had a big, red balloon and he asked his friend, Monkey, to hold it for him for a minute Unfortunately, Monkey was getting a bit carried away with the balloon and it popped Owl returns and wants his balloon back Young readers will enjoy the silly way that Monkey tries to substitute other objects lik Sometimes when we re playing around and having fun, we make mistakes It can be scary to own up to them, especially if we re worried that someone we care about might get upset or angry with us Owl had a big, red balloon and he asked hi...A silly book Owl asks Monkey to hold her balloon Monkey plays with the balloon and accidentally pops it Then he tries to convince Owl of all of the other red things are the balloon to no avail It gets really silly with all of the red things that Monkey tries to convince Owl Owl has a major meltdown over his balloon, which is illustrated so perfectly with dark blues and purples During that meltdown, Owl sort of destroys Monkey s sock Then the same game of Owl trying to convince Monkey star A silly book Owl asks Monkey to hold her balloon Monkey plays with the balloon and accide...

English
14 May 2017

Ariel Bernstein