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The Blue BalloonMick Inkpen
The Blue Balloon
by Mick Inkpen
A soggy balloon found after a party turns out to be extraordinary: it cannot be burst, it can be squashed flat, and it will not stop growing.
A story about animals and children, gentle and strange in tone. We would put it with children of 3–5, and at a reading age of about 5 for reading alone.
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