When Pip the mouse floats off with Otto the robot's balloon, Otto and Zee the Bee go to the rescue.

"A young girl named Dot is overjoyed when the moving truck arrives at the house down the street, and even more excited when a boy her age steps out, offering the prospect of a new friend. But Albert looks sad, and he won't reveal why. After many attempts to cheer him up, Dot walks away defeated. That night, a balloon with a note tied to its string taps her window. Unfolding the note, Dot finds a wish that Albert has written. This is her chance to...

James has a bunch of balloons, each of which holds a special memory, but as his grandfather ages and loses his own balloons, James discovers that he is gaining new ones.

Ball wishes he could fly like Balloon, but when a boy arrives and sends Ball rolling, bouncing, and even soaring into the air, Balloon feels deflated.

A shy bird wants to become friends with a bear, but the bear already has a friend--a big, red balloon.

"Blue, Barry, and Pancakes are best friends! They love building models, reading about shovels, and going on INTERGALACTIC adventures?! Like all friends, they can make mistakes ... but at the end of the day, they always have each other's backs. And tops, and sides, and fronts, too!"--

"Matilda promises her little sister Clemmie an amazing weekend spent playing outside. But the weather's rainy and Clemmie can't bring her new balloon along. Matilda teaches Clemmie all the delights of a wet Saturday"--

Freya, a penguin, and Zoose, a mouse, become friends while stowaways on Salomon August Andreé's 1897 hot air balloon expedition to the North Pole.

While holding his friend Owl's red balloon, Monkey accidentally pops it then tries to substitute other objects before confessing his deed.

A mother takes her son to the zoo to answer his science question.