Louella and the Yellow Balloon

Coxe's first book is a joy-filled celebration of a baby's innocent confrontations with danger. Patricia Pig takes her baby Louella to the circus and buys her a balloon. "Hold tight to the string," she tells her little pig. But Louella lets go and has to crawl, toddle, and leap after it, encountering nearly every performer, and ultimately tripping across the length of the tightrope. She is saved from a serious turn of events by Patricia, and not a moment too soon. The watercolors are bold and calliope bright; the action is fast and wonderfully far-fetched. Coxe is a newcomer with a welcome, if quirky, sense of humor.Coxe, Molly is the author of 'Louella and the Yellow Balloon', published 1988 under ISBN 9780690047462 and ISBN 0690047460.