Meet Isabel. She is one determined little porcupine faced with one big dilemma: find a way to “pop-proof” herself and her fellow porcupine classmates or face a major disappointment at their graduation. She only has two days to think of something or they will have to settle for bookmarks, once again, instead of the fun balloons that everyone else will be getting. The porcupines have always only dreamed of having a balloon.
The problem? When their quills pop a balloon, as they inevitably will do, the popped balloon could fly across the room and hit someone in the eye! So Isabel passionately argues her case with her teacher, moving from Plan A, to Plan B, then Plan C, and finally, Plan D. None of her ideas convince their teacher to allow them to have balloons.
Isabel is running out of time, and she begins to worry that the porcupines may have to settle for bookmarks after all. Until… she gets a brilliant idea while eating at a cookout at her friend’s home. His daddy owns a candy shop, and as he and Isabel are talking about their predicament, the gumdrops in the candy dish sitting before her sparks her final plan. Will it work? This is her last shot because tomorrow is Graduation Day!
A Balloon for Isabel, by Deborah Underwood, is a delightful story that both children and adults alike will thoroughly enjoy. Not only is it a wonderful story with cute illustrations, but it teaches the important life lesson of persevering through a problem until you find a solution, through balloons and candy… two of children’s most favorite things!
For some fun Christmas recipe and craft ideas for your family, using gumdrops, please join me for The 100-Day Countdown to Christmas at The Saturday Evening Pot. Today marks the 100th day until Christmas, and we are kicking it off with gumdrops!
Today’s Guest Review was provided by Anne AKA The Lucky Wife. Anne co-authors with her husband, John, The Saturday Evening Pot, a food blog where they share their love for food through recipes, cooking tips, a weekly recipe link-up party and much more, including Ask The Chef, a place to submit questions to John, who has a degree from Johnson and Wales University in Culinary Arts.
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That looks like a wonderful read – I love balloons, and I think there could be a pretty neat balloon activity to accompany this book! Lovely review!
Cute books like this one bring back memories when my boys were little. I used to love read to and with my boys.
I can't believe it's less then 100 days till Christmas.
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How cute is that porcupine??!?!? Great review!
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I'll have to add it to our library list.
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This looks so cute, I know my students will love it. I'll definitely look into ordering this one for our library.
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