Celeste Jenkins

The Lost (And Found) Balloon Celeste Jenkins

Brief Description: Molly O'Doon sends aloft a red balloon with a note tied to it inviting the person who finds it to write back to her, and gets a very surprising response. Marc Notes: Molly O'Doon sends aloft a red balloon with a note tied to it inviting the person who finds it to write back to her, and gets a very surprising response.; Ages 4-8. Publisher Marketing: Where do balloons go when you let them loose? Find out in this whimsical, imaginative tale, winner of the General Mills Spoonful of Stories contest. Molly O'Doon ties a note to her red balloon, lets it loose, and off it goes on a buoyant adventure. Who will answer Molly's letter? Someone in a different state or a faraway country? Or maybe, a new friend much closer than she could ever imagine. "The Lost (and Found) Balloon" is the winner of the 5th annual Cheerios(R) New Author Contest. Selected from more than 8,000 entries by a team of editors, teachers, librarians, and General Mills staff, "The Lost (and Found) Balloon "will also appear in a bilingual (English/Spanish) mini-paperback edition in 1.5 million specially marked boxes of Cheerios. Review Citations:

Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2013 (EAN 9781442466975, Hardcover)

Publishers Weekly 05/06/2013 (EAN 9781442466975, Hardcover)

School Library Journal 06/01/2013 pg. 89 (EAN 9781442466975, Hardcover)

Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2013 pg. 32 (EAN 9781442466975, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Jenkins, Celeste Celeste Jenkins was born and raised in Southern California, where she enjoyed teaching elementary school. She now lives in Madison, Wisconsin, with her husband, Mark, and is a stay-at-home mom for her two little balloon-loving girls. Contributor Bio:  Bogade, Maria Maria Bogade is an illustrator whose work has been published in countries around the globe. After having studied Audiovisual Media at the University of Media in Stuttgart she worked as a freelance animation artist on award-winning projects, including The Gruffalo" and Princess' Painting", before pursuing her dream of being a children's book illustrator. She lives with her family in a tiny town in Germany.