Pop Flop's Great Balloon Ride [Hardcover]

Nancy Abruzzo (Author), Noel Chilton (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up

This title is suitable for ages 4-8. Pop Flop is up and away in a big balloon high in the sky! It is Balloon Fiesta time and the sky is filled with hot-air balloons of all shapes and colours. Look, a huge bumble bee balloon! And there's a giant cat and a balloon like the planet earth! Pop Flop looks down from his lofty ride and sees his friends Mary Pat and Rico waving. Pop Flop's great balloon adventure begins on a chilly October morning: Get up! It's time to see the balloons! Soon there's fire in the sky like dragon's breath as the first hot-air balloons take to the skies: it's the dawn patrol! Mary Pat begs her father to take her up but instead she sends Pop Flop. 'He can see the whole world now!'

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Museum of New Mexico Press (September 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0890134758
• ISBN-13: 978-0890134757
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 9.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,383,602 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For the youngest balloon fiesta attendees to enjoy, August 11, 2008

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Gwynne C. Spencer (Mancos, Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pop Flop's Great Balloon Ride (Hardcover)

PopFlop the stuffed bunny gets to take a balloon ride during the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta (every October--the largest one in the world) one chilly morning. His adventure takes him high above the launch field where he can see the Rio Grande, the Sandia Tram and all the excitement on the ground. Written by balloon pilot Nancy Abruzzo, this is a lovely little story that explains a little about ballooning--how they launch, how they land--in the eyes of a small child. Also available is PopFlop's Activity Book a classroom-oriented activity book that includes reproducible puzzles for older children. In addition to a concise explanation of how balloons work, the activities introduce vocabulary like altitude, parts of the balloon, ballooning history, types of balloons. Like Hot Air Henry by Mary Calhoun, PopFlop explains ballooning without being didactic, and offers the young reader a story with a child who stays on the ground (some stories put a child or an animal in control of a balloon-- even though it's a registered aircraft and pilots must be licensed.) Ages 3 to 7.

5.0 out of 5 stars For the young and young at heart, August 30, 2011

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lorettainalbuquerque - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pop Flop's Great Balloon Ride (Hardcover)

For everyone who has experienced hot-air balloning up close or just dreamed of flying away in a rainbow of colors this is a fun book for young children. This book would make a great Birthday or Christmas gift for the young and the young at heart. Albuquerque, NM is the best place in the world to see Pop Flop and all his friends in October during the annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.