The Magic Balloon Selected for World Book Day 2025

Discover where the wind will take you in this magical hot air balloon adventure, illustrated by Amanda Quartey, and written by Carl Anka.

Official World Book Day 2025 book

Climb aboard for a brilliant balloon adventure in this exciting picture book for 3-5 year olds to celebrate World Book Day 2025.

Made in collaboration with Woke Babies, this book is a magical combination of talent and humour, creating the perfect escape for all adventurers, big and small.

The Magic Balloon is a whimsical adventure story for parents and children to read and follow together. An inclusive and diverse representation of a Black protagonist by an author and illustrator of colour.

Follow the exciting story of a group of friends who go on a hot air balloon adventure and soar high above the clouds. Whizz under rainbows, through rain clouds and up into space to float among the stars in this whimsical, cosmic adventure, seeing the world in a completely different way…

The Magic Balloon was published by DK, February 6th 2025. Get your copy here!

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