The Silver Balloon - by Susan Bonners (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>When fourth-grader Gregory releases a helium-filled balloon into the sky with his name and address attached, it leads to an unusual friendship and an exchange of mystery gifts.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>Having a pen pal is exciting</b> <p/>One September evening, Gregory ties an index card with his name and address on it to the string of a silver helium balloon and lets it go from his window, into the city sky. Three weeks later, an envelope arrives in the mail. A farmer named Pete has found his balloon! Gregory writes back, and the two become pen pals, exchanging mystery gifts with each letter. Finally, Pete sends a gift that Gregory can identify only by a trip to the antural history museum, and the object turns out to be something truly amazing. With illustrations by the author, The Silver Balloon is perfect for early chapter-book readers.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"A wonderful intergenerational story. Gregory, a shy fourth grader who lives in the city, initiates a pen-pal friendship when he sends off a message attached to a balloon...A solid choice." --<i>School Library Journal</i> <p/>"Young Gregory decides on a whim to release a helium balloonwith is name and address attached...The result is a great pen pal relationship that develops between Greg and the farmer Pete Mayfield [who] send a seried of mystery gifts to each other...This book will appeal to young readers on many levels - the mysteries fot he gifts, the development of the friendship, and the way that Greg sticks to his dreams till they come true." --<i>Booklist</i> <p/>"Bonners surreptitiously promote[s] letter writing, personal research, and the value of the publis library [and] she does it with an economy of words and a fast-paced, credible plot while her black-and-white drawings flesh out the text." --<i>The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Susan Bonners</b> is the author and illustrator of many fiction and nonfiction picture books for children, including <i>The Wooden Doll, Just in Passing, </i>and <i>A Penguin Year</i>. She lives in Roslindale, Massachusetts.</p>
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