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.

"Theodosia Browning serves tea and solves crimes in Charleston, a city steeped in tradition and treachery in the latest Tea Shop Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Laura Childs. It is Sunday afternoon, and Theodosia and Drayton are catering a formal tea at a hot-air balloon rally. The view aloft is not only stunning, they are also surrounded by a dozen other colorful hot-air balloons. But as the sky turns gray and the clouds start to boil...

A sassy Siamese cat stows away on a hot air balloon and ends up taking a fur-raising flight across the mountains.

When a mysterious weather balloon crashes to earth in the Swiss Alps, the head of the NSA handpicks Robert Bellamy to track down and identify the ten known witnesses to the event. A man whose obsession with his covert assignments has cost him the only woman he can ever love, Bellamy now faces the impossible. But as he searches for clues from Rome to Budapest to Texas, this mission blows up in his face -- and rips the lid off an incredible conspiracy...

A balloon takes Ben on an adventure.

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....

"It's party time, and balloons are everywhere! But where do balloons come from? Who invented them? What are they made of? Discover fun facts about balloons that you can share at your next party in this insightful book"--Back cover.

A little boy floats away on his balloon across mountains, plains, cities, and the sea, until he lands on a desert island.

Owl has a red balloon and Monkey wants it, but Owl does not want to share. So Monkey tries to find something to trade for the balloon.

Simple text and illustrations tell the story of a young girl and boy who blow up too many balloons.