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Baldo’s Awesome Adventures Book and Giveaway

February 12, 2013 by Paige Bacon

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A little red balloon sits on a toy store shelf in his box wanting desperately to be filled with helium so that he can be a big balloon, fly, make friends and see the world. A mom comes and buys him for her daughter’s birthday party. The kids love the balloon and Baldo is so happy right up until the kids tie him to a chair and run off to play leaving him all alone. He tugs his string loose and his awesome adventures begin. Will he ever find a friend?

Silvia Beck Speyer wrote and illustrated Baldo’s Awesome Adventures: A Balloon’s Search For A Friend as a children’s adventure tale for her four grandchildren who loved it so much she decided to share it with the rest of us. Her straightforward, simple illustrations make this children’s book an appropriate story for boys and girls of all ages. Children can easily understand the desire to find a friend to play with them. The places Baldo goes to seem so fantastic and far away that it will stimulate lots of discussions about where Baldo has gone in the story.

As a teacher, I must say that there are so many different activities that you can do with this darling children’s book. For example, with a toddler you can talk about colors, the animals, the children, and Baldo in the story. You can even get them a red balloon to pretend they are walking Baldo around the neighborhood or perhaps taking him to the park. An activity for the three to five year old child might be to ask them about the moon and the sun and how they were not really polite or friendly to Baldo and how their words made Baldo feel.

Talk to your children about what it means to be a good friend and how they can be a good friend to another child.  Have your pre-school child draw their favorite pictures from the story. A first or second grade activity might involve using a world map to mark where Baldo went in the story using a red string or a small cut out picture of Baldo. You could even have your child write the story from the point of view of the little boy whom Baldo meets later in the story. As you can see, the possibilities are endless and the story is full of life lessons for us all to learn from and share with others.  

As a mom, I am often searching for good adventure books that are appropriate for my son who is almost four. I was glad when I read Baldo that the story is not too scary for little ones but stirs their imagination. My son recently got a world map that we put in his room. He went to see where India was as soon as we were done with the story since his grandfather had grown up there. He asked if I thought Baldo met “Jumpa” on his recent trip. He thought so. Baldo the Balloon is now one of his favorite books to read and talk about.  

Baldo’s Awesome Adventures: A Balloon’s Search For A Friend is available via Amazon.com for $11.65.   Baldo is also on Facebook.  

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I was paid and received a copy of the book in exchange for my review. All opinions are my own.

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62 Comments

  1. Laurie Emerson says

    February 20, 2013 at 11:20 pm

    My son and daughter would both love this book.

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  2. Darlene Ysaguirre says

    February 20, 2013 at 11:00 pm

    Both of my girls would =)

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  3. Breanne says

    February 20, 2013 at 10:29 pm

    My niece would.

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  4. Jennifer J says

    February 20, 2013 at 9:40 pm

    My little girl would love this!

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  5. Wayne Dougherty says

    February 20, 2013 at 9:18 pm

    My son would enjoy it.

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  6. danielle lima says

    February 20, 2013 at 8:47 pm

    my two neices

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  7. Lisa says

    February 20, 2013 at 8:24 pm

    My niece would like it

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  8. lisa lo says

    February 20, 2013 at 7:16 pm

    My niece :o)

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  9. Ciara B. says

    February 20, 2013 at 6:01 pm

    my son would love this book

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  10. Kalsey Harrison says

    February 20, 2013 at 5:28 pm

    My daughter would 😀

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  11. Allison says

    February 20, 2013 at 5:20 pm

    Great prize for a 5 yr old

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  12. Sheree says

    February 20, 2013 at 2:16 pm

    My great niece would!!!

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  13. tina reynolds says

    February 20, 2013 at 1:37 pm

    my oldest son

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  14. Paula Tavernie says

    February 20, 2013 at 11:45 am

    My grandson!
    ptavernie at yahoo dot com

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  15. Dayna says

    February 20, 2013 at 11:16 am

    My 3 daughters would love it!

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  16. susan smoaks says

    February 20, 2013 at 9:13 am

    our daughter would really enjoy this

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  17. Thomas Gibson says

    February 20, 2013 at 12:59 am

    My niece would really like this book.

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  18. Tamar says

    February 19, 2013 at 11:55 pm

    both of my kids

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  19. Sand says

    February 19, 2013 at 11:23 pm

    My niece would love this!

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  20. Shannon Baas says

    February 19, 2013 at 10:23 pm

    my nephew would love this.

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  21. Renee G says

    February 19, 2013 at 9:36 pm

    My son would love this book.
    rsgrandinetti@yahoo(DOT)com

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  22. karen mayernick says

    February 19, 2013 at 7:26 pm

    My son, he is 7 years old.

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  23. Valerie Taylor Mabrey says

    February 19, 2013 at 5:50 pm

    my grandchildren
    vmkids3 at msn dot com

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  24. Missy says

    February 18, 2013 at 4:36 pm

    My son would like this book

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  25. LT says

    February 18, 2013 at 2:17 pm

    I think my son would enjoy this most!

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  26. Beth C says

    February 18, 2013 at 10:11 am

    My grandson would enjoy this.

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  27. June says

    February 18, 2013 at 9:15 am

    My grandson, I could read it to him.

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  28. Lucy Nguyen says

    February 18, 2013 at 1:39 am

    My 6-year-old daughter

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  29. nikki krutz says

    February 17, 2013 at 11:50 pm

    my 2 yr old son and 4 year old daughter 🙂

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  30. Mozi Esmes Mom says

    February 17, 2013 at 1:51 am

    My 5yo daughter.

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  31. Van says

    February 15, 2013 at 5:09 pm

    I know our nephew would like to hear this story book.

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  32. Chuck says

    February 14, 2013 at 5:59 pm

    I’m sure our grandson would like to hear this book.

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  33. Daniel M says

    February 13, 2013 at 7:23 pm

    bet my nephew would like!

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  34. Jessica T says

    February 13, 2013 at 2:04 pm

    My nephew would love it!

    Reply
  35. Don says

    February 13, 2013 at 11:24 am

    I know are son would like this book read to him.

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  36. BusyWorkingMama says

    February 13, 2013 at 9:16 am

    My daughter would like this one.

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  37. Rose says

    February 13, 2013 at 12:15 am

    My little nephew would enjoy this book.

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  38. April says

    February 12, 2013 at 3:05 pm

    My 4 year old Gracie would love this book. I think my 3 year old niece would love it too!

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  39. nannypanpan says

    February 12, 2013 at 12:23 pm

    my son
    [email protected]

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  40. Lori D. says

    February 12, 2013 at 11:35 am

    A friend of mine’s child would like this book.

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  41. Wehaf says

    February 10, 2013 at 10:11 am

    My nieces would love it.

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  42. DebbieKL says

    February 9, 2013 at 10:40 pm

    My son and I!

    Reply
  43. Jan says

    February 9, 2013 at 9:28 pm

    My great niece would enjoy being read this book 🙂

    Reply
  44. MaryBeth I says

    February 9, 2013 at 8:48 pm

    my nephew would enjoy this book 🙂

    Reply
  45. Tiffany O. says

    February 8, 2013 at 4:19 pm

    My neice would love this book!

    Reply
  46. HappyMomC says

    February 8, 2013 at 12:42 pm

    My daughters would love this book

    Reply
  47. Staci A says

    February 8, 2013 at 12:38 pm

    My 18 more old would love reading it with me.

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  48. Garrett says

    February 8, 2013 at 10:24 am

    Cute book, would read to my nephew.

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  49. Krystal says

    February 8, 2013 at 2:48 am

    My 5 year old daughter and almost 3 year old son would love this book. 🙂

    Reply
  50. Suzie Williams says

    February 8, 2013 at 1:01 am

    My 4 year old would.

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  51. Cassandra Eastman says

    February 7, 2013 at 8:48 pm

    My 3 year old, we love reading books together!

    Reply
  52. Jane Mason says

    February 7, 2013 at 4:03 pm

    It looks like a darling book and a positive influence on everyone. Jane Mason takeflightbooks.com

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  53. Stephanie says

    February 7, 2013 at 2:46 pm

    I think my 5yr old son would really enjoy learning how to read this book 🙂

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  54. kathy stevenson says

    February 7, 2013 at 1:52 pm

    My daughters would love this book!

    Reply
  55. Patricia Wojnar Crowley says

    February 7, 2013 at 1:27 pm

    My nephew is five…he would enjoy this!

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  56. Liz says

    February 7, 2013 at 1:04 pm

    Sounds perfect for my venturesome greatnephew.

    Reply
  57. Idaho Jill says

    February 7, 2013 at 11:57 am

    My daughter would love this book!

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  58. amyc says

    February 7, 2013 at 10:42 am

    Both my son and daughter.

    Reply
  59. Angela E. says

    February 7, 2013 at 10:33 am

    My nephew would like this.

    Reply
  60. Melissa P. says

    February 7, 2013 at 6:08 am

    My two youngest nephews would enjoy this beautiful book.

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  61. Janet W. says

    February 7, 2013 at 5:37 am

    My grandson would enjoy this book!

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  62. Natalia says

    February 7, 2013 at 12:04 am

    My 7yo son would like this book!

    Reply

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