This book is a labor of love. You can see it on every single page of the book. This book is completely wordless and it’s about a little girl who goes to the museum with their adult and they get told the balloon has to stay out. Through the comedic panels we follow the little girl as she visits the real-life art exhibit, and we follow a museum docent as they’re trying to get the balloon once birds send it flying. This book could be read repeatedly and come up with new scenarios for what each picture represents. And seeing how the docent in is mimicking what the girl is seeing in the museum, priceless. ( )

Styled like Peter Stier (who I love), about museums(which I also love)... what could go wrong? Practically nothing. ( )

This book was genius. When I first opened it and realized there were no words, it took me aback. It was unbelievable to me that by the careful details of the illustrations in the book, I was able to understand everything that was happening in the story by seeing the facial expression of the characters. Another great moment for me was when I saw that the illustrator decided to incorporate actual pictures of the art you can find in the Metropolitan Museum - I was completely sold! I will be buying a copy on amazon because the value and wealth of knowledge a child can get just from this book are pretty amazing. And did I mention there were NO WORDS!!!!! ( )

This book is a no word book but the pictures make it flow by easily. Its about a girl who wants to take her yellow balloon inside the art museum but shes not allowed. The balloon gets inside by a pigeon and they have to chase it through all the art exhibits which are pictured as real in the book.
ages:2-7
Source:pierce college

I got a headache trying to appreciate this. I liked how the tour the balloon took outside the museum corresponded to the tour the girl took inside. And I imagine children would enjoy the sheer nonsense. But it wasn't quite for me. And why could the dog-walker not be reading a real book, since Glasser did give it a title? ( )