"The Big Balloon Race" Book Report

Book Report
Name: Yuki Ho (9)
Class: 3A
Date: 23 November, 2008
Name of the book: The Big Balloon Race
Author of the book: Eleanor Coerr
Publisher of the book: Carolyn Croll

Today is 23 November 2008. I have read a book called ‘The Big Balloon Race’. The book has 62 pages. The book was written by Eleanor Coerr. It was published by Carolyn Croll.

The book is a story book. The main characters are Ariel and Carlotta the Great. The book is about a little girl named Ariel and her mother Carlotta the Great. Ariel would love to be in the basket of Lucky Star on the day of the big balloon race against Bernard the Brave. Her mother Carlotta was the best lady balloonist in America. But Ariel’s parents thought she was too young.

When it was the day of the big balloon race, Ariel hoped to go up in the hot-air balloon contest with her mother Carlotta, but her mother Carlotta thought she was too young and the hot-air balloon was always dangerous. In fact, the most essential reason was the hot-air balloon could not support two person’s weights, but Ariel did not know. Ariel wanted to fall asleep in hot-air balloon basket, until her mother’s balloon lifted off, Ariel woke up. In the event, they underwent many hardship, finally, Ariel and her mother won the race.

I like this book very much because this book is an interesting book and fun book. This book can help me learn some vocabulary which are specific to ballooning. For example, an updraft, gas, altimeter, airstream, etc. This is my first contact to these vocabulary. So I will recommend this book to my friends and my classmates because it is suitable for children.