A review by deannah
The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois

4.0

This was a recent dinner read-aloud. It was a book I discovered from the Build Your Library book lists (A literature-based homeschool curriculum.) The first part of the book was hilarious with much laughing out loud. Once on the island, it becomes less funny and more technical--what with describing the island and its "government" and technological advances. However, it still kept the kids' interests.