Ten years after it was first published, THE BLUE BALLOON is now a celebrated classic which continues to delight millions of children, taking pride of place on their bookshelves. It is a book to be treasured, loved, read time and time again - and passed on to a whole new generation of children.

The day after my birthday party Kipper found a blue balloon in the garden, which was odd because the balloons at my party were red and white . . .