When Pip the mouse floats off with Otto the robot's balloon, Otto and Zee the Bee go to the rescue.

A seven-year-old shares her colorful balloon collection, acquired one at a time, with zoo residents.

Eager to see the world, Theodore Mouse makes a balloon from bed sheets and flies away on the wind.

Alexander has just moved into Stermont, but the elementary school is being torn down, his new classroom is located in the hospital morgue, a notebook he finds is full of information about monsters--and everywhere he turns there are spooky balloon men determined to attack him.

Curious to see outside her field, Beth the cow sneaks onto a hot air balloon and goes for a wild ride, upsetting a number of people and collecting many objects and additional riders along the way.

Carried aloft by a red balloon, Frank the frog is excited at first by the idea of traveling around the world but soon wants to go home. Includes both parents' and children's pages that facilitate reading together.

"Matilda promises her little sister Clemmie an amazing weekend spent playing outside. But the weather's rainy and Clemmie can't bring her new balloon along. Matilda teaches Clemmie all the delights of a wet Saturday"--

A young Chinese-Canadian girl wants to go to the nearby town of Kapuskasing. Her father says, "No way," but Gah-Ning tries anyway, first on her bike, then on rollerblades. Both times, her father catches her and takes her home. She succeeds the third time, though, floating all the way there with the help of 300 balloons.