Pop Flop's Great Balloon Ride

By Nancy Abruzzo

Pop Flop's great balloon adventure begins on a chilly October morning during Balloon Fiesta. 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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0890134758
• ISBN13: 9780890134757
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Museum of New Mexico Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 9.3" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

For the youngest balloon fiesta attendees to enjoy

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.