Stories Involving Kites Or Hot Air Balloons

[Guest]

Hi,

 

my next topic that I am covering with the children is all about kites, hot air balloons and parachutes (there's only so many paper planes a child can make before a teacher turns it into a topic!!) Anyway I was looking for some ideas of books that I can use to link in my Literacy.

Thanks

Emily

[Guest]

OOoh, I can't help but will be really interested to hear what others have to say as I am doing the very thing myself next week!! Spooky!

 

Sarah

Edited February 3, 2010 by Guest

[JacquieL]

One of my favourite stories is Tom and the Island of the Dinosaurs. He travels there in a hot-air balloon.

[Guest]

theres one called alone in the woods about a bear that gets caught up in a kite string and lands in the woods and is surprised by other bears that have a picnic

it is a sweet book cant remember the auther though

[Panders]

Daisy & Tom and the Sad Clown. The children have a magic kite which takes them on all kinds of adventures, but this story takes them to a fair/circus

[Steve]

There's one called Henry's Kite that I really like (it's by a friend of mine so I might be biased). Unfortunately, when I tried to find it it's out of print, but there's a second hand copy here.

 

It does have a slightly scary bit in it so you might want to take that into account - lovely pictures though.

[Guest]

How about Someone Bigger (can't remember the author) about a little boy and his dad who try to fly a kite. His dad keeps repeating the line "This kite needs someone bigger". Our children love it.

[Guest]

Thanks for all the suggestions so far - just bought Henry's Kite, so thanks

[Guest]

We have the one about the bear and the picnic in the woods at school....and I can't remember its name!

 

Just trawled amazon and found it!

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Alone-Woods-Ian-Be.../ref=pd_sim_b_2

[Susan]

Dont forget The Blue Balloon by Mick Inkpen(?), not quite hot air balloons but a lovely story.

[Guest]

Someone bigger is great!!!

[Guest]

Although not hot air ballons or kites there is "whatever next" about a teddy bear flying to the moon and back before bathtime!

[Guest]

There is a postman pat one about a kite x Actually it might be Fireman Sam?? Sorry, all I can remember is that it gets stuck and needs to be rescued!