Red Balloon

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Summary: This Book is Just as Good as the Movie!
Review: I have fond memories of when I was a little girl in the 70's watching the Red Balloon movie, a teacher had shown us the movie in school on an old projector and I had also seen the movie on TV so one day when I was in the childrens section of the public library I saw this book and I just knew I had to check it out of the library and read it and I'm glad I did because it was a wonderful book and had great pictures from the movie and both movie and book show wonderful scenes around Paris as the young French boy follows a red balloon around Paris and I very highly recommend the book and the movie and I liked the book so much I borrowed it from the library several times and I'm now thinking of buying it!

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Summary: This Edition Is A Stage Adaptation!
Review: It's somewhat misleading to post reviews of the original Lamorisse version of "The Red Balloon" on this page, because this book is a stage adaptation of Lamorisse's work (i.e., the 1956 Academy Award Winning Short Film, and several other editions of the book).

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Summary: A Childhood Favorite
Review: This book was a childhood favorite of mine in the mid 1960s--introduced to me by my mother, a teacher of French language. It's a bittersweet tale --but ultimately it's an affirming book. I loved it so much as a child that I have always remembered it--and now plan to introduce it to my children. The photographs are beautiful and charming. My love of this book probably explains why I always feel happy when I see a big red balloon. A gem and a classic!