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Issue Details: First known date: 1968... 1968 Let the Balloon Go
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Handicapped by cerebral palsy and overprotected by his parents, a twelve-year-old, left alone for the first time, in a desperate need to exert his independence, does precisely what he has been forbidden to do.

(Source: Trove)

Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Let the Balloon Go Richard Mason , Oliver Howes , Ivan Southall , Cliff Green , ( dir. Oliver Howes ) Lindfield : Film Australia , 1976 Z897451 1976 single work film/TV children's historical fiction adventure

Set in 1917, Let the Balloon Go tells the story of a crippled boy, Robert, and his attempts to overcome his physical disability. His overprotective mother is unwilling to leave him alone and unsupervised, until he convinces her one day that he'll be fine on his own. He promptly chucks his brace aside and scales the highest tree in town.

Affiliation Notes

  • Writing Disability in Australia:

    Type of disability Cerebral palsy.
    Type of character Primary.
    Point of view Third person.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
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      England,
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      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Sydney, New South Wales,: Methuen ; Hicks Smith ,
      1968 .
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      Extent: 141p.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 0416294200
    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 1972 .
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      Extent: 112p.
      Description: illus.
      Reprinted: 1975 , 1978 , 1979 , 1981
      ISBN: 0140305130 (pbk)
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Bradbury Press ,
      1985 .
      Extent: 136p.
      ISBN: 0027862208
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Mammoth ,
      1990 .
      Extent: 118p.
      ISBN: 0749703997
Alternative title: De gomboom
Language: Dutch
Notes:
Omslag Robert Nix ; illustraties The Tjong Khing

Other Formats

  • Also braille, sound recording.

Works about this Work

Always His Own Man : A Brief Account of Ivan Southall's Major Writing Don Matthews , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , April vol. 1 no. 1 1990; (p. 39-47)
Some Recent Donations to the Archives Lauren Harman , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: The Lu Rees Archives Notes, Books and Authors , no. 1 1981; (p. 14-16)

— Review of Jandy Malone and the Nine O'Clock Tiger Barbara Bolton , 1980 single work picture book ; What Made Tiddalik Laugh? Joanna Troughton , 1977 single work picture book ; The Drover's Dream 1979 single work picture book ; Songs for My Dog and Other People Max Fatchen , 1980 selected work poetry ; When the Wind Changed Ruth Park , 1980 single work picture book ; Let the Balloon Go Ivan Southall , 1968 single work children's fiction
Children's Book Council of Australia 1969 Judges' Report--Book Awards 1969 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : New Books for Boys and Girls , July no. 33 1969; (p. 7-9)

— Review of When Jays Fly to Barbmo Margaret Balderson , 1968 single work novel ; I Own the Racecourse! Patricia Wrightson , 1968 single work children's fiction ; Let the Balloon Go Ivan Southall , 1968 single work children's fiction
Untitled Eve Pownall , 1968 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : New Books for Boys and Girls , December no. 31 1968; (p. 15-17)

— Review of Let the Balloon Go Ivan Southall , 1968 single work children's fiction ; I Own the Racecourse! Patricia Wrightson , 1968 single work children's fiction
Some Recent Donations to the Archives Lauren Harman , 1981 single work review
— Appears in: The Lu Rees Archives Notes, Books and Authors , no. 1 1981; (p. 14-16)

— Review of Jandy Malone and the Nine O'Clock Tiger Barbara Bolton , 1980 single work picture book ; What Made Tiddalik Laugh? Joanna Troughton , 1977 single work picture book ; The Drover's Dream 1979 single work picture book ; Songs for My Dog and Other People Max Fatchen , 1980 selected work poetry ; When the Wind Changed Ruth Park , 1980 single work picture book ; Let the Balloon Go Ivan Southall , 1968 single work children's fiction
Untitled Eve Pownall , 1968 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : New Books for Boys and Girls , December no. 31 1968; (p. 15-17)

— Review of Let the Balloon Go Ivan Southall , 1968 single work children's fiction ; I Own the Racecourse! Patricia Wrightson , 1968 single work children's fiction
Children's Book Council of Australia 1969 Judges' Report--Book Awards 1969 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : New Books for Boys and Girls , July no. 33 1969; (p. 7-9)

— Review of When Jays Fly to Barbmo Margaret Balderson , 1968 single work novel ; I Own the Racecourse! Patricia Wrightson , 1968 single work children's fiction ; Let the Balloon Go Ivan Southall , 1968 single work children's fiction
Always His Own Man : A Brief Account of Ivan Southall's Major Writing Don Matthews , 1990 single work criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations into Children's Literature , April vol. 1 no. 1 1990; (p. 39-47)
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