A child wonders about what happens to a balloon that is let go, as a parent would wonder about what might happen to a child once he leaves home.

A balloon takes Ben on an adventure.

"Bear Essential Readers are created with children in mind. Each level of difficulty is designed to help children grow in both their reading skills and confidence"--Back cover.

Two little boys meet at the beach, each sure that his balloon is better.

While visiting Mount Rushmore, Curious George gets into mischief when he takes an unplanned ride on a hot air balloon.

Three weeks after leaving San Francisco in a balloon to fly across the Pacific, Professor Sherman is picked up in the Atlantic clinging to wreckage.

Benny wants adventure and finds it as he and the other Alden children help uncover the plan of those who would prevent ballooning from coming to Lloyd's Landing.

This book tells the often dramatic and always fascinating story of flight in lighter than air machines. For centuries man had dreamed of flying, but all attempts failed, until in 1782 the Montgolfier brothers constructed the world's first hot air balloon The following year saw the first ascent with aeronauts – not human beings but a sheep, a duck and a cockerel. But it was not long before men and women too took to the air and became ever more adventurous....

Bunny and Jack, animal detectives, investigate the disappearance of the balloons from the neighborhood toy store.

A yellow balloon sails around the world.