Written by: Julia Copus  Illustrated by: Alison Jay

2018

Faber & Faber Publishing

ISBN:  978-0571-33484-1

ISBN:  978-0571-34771-1

16 pages

“What an adventure!”  Who wouldn’t want a bed like an air balloon? Julia Copus and Alison Jay has answered my question with their picture/word book ‘My Bed is An Air Balloon’. This is a story that is written as a dream that uses nonsense words to tell a story that actually makes sense.  There are words like ‘fluttertufts’ and ‘whifflepigs’ using real words to form unusual compound words.  To me this picture book reads like a lyric poem that is also reads in a sing-song rhythm with the lines of words in a wavy formation from page to page and at times even rhyme.

The pictures that were drawn by Alison were fun, colorful and one could read the pictures to tell the story, but the words made it more fun.  One of my favorite pictures was when the bed was flying over the water and the water was filled with various shapes that float and the other was when the little girl meet a little boy floating along on the wind.  This is a story that is a dream to see.  It is also a story that is perfect for a day care, preschool and even a kindergarten classroom to share at nap time to increase relaxation after lunch.  It is also a good book for language development with the use of the nonsense words using real words.  This is a five star read that was fun to read for all ages.