| Author/Contributor(s): | Underwood, Deborah; Rankin, Laura |
| Publisher: | Greenwillow Books |
| Date: | 4/27/2010 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Condition: | NEW |
Balloons are bright and floaty and shiny and perfect.
More than anything else in the whole wide world, Isabel wants a balloon. Everyone will get one on Graduation Day—everyone except the porcupines, because Porcupines + Balloons = Trouble
But Isabel isn't going to settle for another boring bookmark. She has a plan. . . .
Patiently, Ms. Quill promises graduation bookmarks, but Isabel already has Halloween bookmarks and Valentine bookmarks that just sit there. Her friend Walter knows a bookmark cannot bounce on the ceiling or make a soft, thumpy sound when you pull the string.
With two days left before the ceremony, Isabel is determined to find a way for porcupines to join the fun. Strapping pillows on at recess seems clever, until prickly quills poke the padding to pieces. Wrapping Walter in packing bubbles at lunchtime only tempts the other kids to pop him.
- School Drama: Ms. Quill halts graduation song rehearsal to debate classroom safety rules, insisting flying popped rubber could hit someone in the eye.
- Unlikely Hero: Isabel refuses to surrender, trying on homemade pop-stoppers and brainstorming goggles to protect her classmates.
- Quest Adventure: Determined to save a shriveled balloon in her olive jar of treasures, Isabel enlists Walter to help overcome impossible prickly odds.
- Also by This Author: Outside In, The Quiet Book and The Loud Book!.