Where is Gah-Ning?
When Gah-Ning's father refuses to take her to Kapuskasing for a shopping trip she sneaks away on her bicycle. Riding toward Kapuskasing Gah-Ning is stopped by her father, who drove his car to catch up with her.
Father was very worried that Gah-Ning could have been hit by an automobile. He tells her not to drive her bike to town. But, he didn't say anything about riding on roller blades.
Gah-Ning makes more attempts to reach Kapuskasing, but each time she is found and stopped by her father. Just when you think this head strong child has given up, we find her soaring above the clouds with the strings of 300 balloons clentched tightly into her fist.
My son and I enjoyed adding this playful book to our collection of nightly reading. Younger children will love the bright illustrations by Helene Desputeaux. They bring life and excitment to all twenty-seven pages in this paperback book.
The most interesting thing about this story is how auther Robert Munsch was inspired with the idea. A girl from Ontario named Gah-Ning had written a letter to Mr. Munsch. On the back she drew a picture of a girl in a hot-air balloon. So he got the idea to write her a story about the picture Gah-Ning had drawn.
The author and Gah-Ning continued to keep in touch through writting letters and eventually Mr. Munsch went to Ontario and met Gah-Ning. This book is dedicated to her and her sister.
I would suggest this book to anyone who knows and can relate to a strong-willed child.
