Sally’s Great Balloon Adventure by Stephen Huneck
Genre: Children’s Book
Pages: 32 Hardcover with Jacket
Date Published: April 2010
Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
When Sally’s family visits a hot air balloon field, the loyal black Labrador retriever is tempted by the smell of fresh chicken coming from one of the balloons. She follows the delicious scent to a balloon basket, and—whoops—the balloon takes flight! Soon she’s soaring above the ground, looking out at the tiny people below as they try to bring her back down. Beautiful panoramic scenes and Sally’s trademark witty thoughts accompany her latest adventure in the open skies, in a book that is sure to charm dog owners and fans of intrepid Sally.
More than 200,000 Sally books in print!
Praise for the work of Stephen Huneck
Society of Illustrators Award
New York Times bestseller
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Sally’s Great Balloon Adventure is one of many stories about Sally the dog from the late author and artist Stephen Huneck. Pages filled with colorful images made from a woodcut print are fascinating and bright. Easily I can see this book as being an inspiration for a child to make a book their own. It reminds me of the stories I read while in first grade. Yet even at eleven months old, my daughters eyes are caught with all that is going on. She loves to turn the page, then go back and look at it again. I’m sure that many more adventures with Sally will be forecoming to our bookshelves.
To learn more about Sally, visit www.dogmt.com
*Thanks to Abrams, Hatchette Book Group for providing a copy for review.*
About the Author:
Stephen Huneck (10/8/1948 – 1/7/2010) is an internationally acclaimed painter, sculptor, and printmaker. Along with his wife, Gwen, he is the owner of Stephen Huneck Galleries on Dog Mountain in St. Johnsbury, Vermont; in Woodstock, Vermont; and in Breckinridge, Colorado. His hand-carved furniture, sculpture, and woodcut prints are included in various prestigious private and museum collections, including those of the Smithsonian Institution and the Museum of American Folk Art. Stephen, Gwen, and Sally live in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Stephen passed away on January 7th, 2010. To learn more about Sally, visit www.dogmt.com.
ABRAMS BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS
ABRAMS launched its first full list of books for children, Abrams Books for Young Readers, in 1999, under the direction of Senior Vice President and Publisher Howard W. Reeves. The books range from story books to poetry to the fine arts and other nonfiction. Some highlights of this award-winning children’s line for preschool to middlegrade readers include the bestselling Enigma by Graeme Base; Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by 20th–Century American Art, winner of the coveted Michael J. Printz Honor award; Maritcha by Tonya Bolden, winner of the Coretta Scott King Honor Award; The Jellybeans and the Big Dance by best-selling author Laura Numeroff; and Laurent de Brunoff’s Babar’s Museum of Art.
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