Bally the Amazing Wonderball

Jordan Morris

Book cover for Bally the Amazing Wonderball
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Book cover for Bally the Amazing Wonderball
Image for variant 9781525312625

Bally the Amazing Wonderball

Bally the Amazing Wonderball

Jordan Morris

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Description

SIT and STAY for this one-of-a-kind theater show in a book!

BALLy the Amazing Wonderball is ready for the show! Unfortunately, so is his audience. You see, the audience is a bunch of dogs (again), and because of a "little incident" the previous night, BALLy gets a bad case of stage fright. With the red rubber ball's every bounce and roll, the dogs get more and more ... interested. Will this be BALLy's last act?

Author and illustrator Jordan Morris's debut book is a truly unique and riveting experience. Its unusual visual presentation evokes the feeling of attending a live performance - from the theater façade on the front cover to the glimpse backstage in the first spread to the view of the stage for the bulk of the story. BALLy, a winsome bouncing ball with huge, expressive eyes, is a main character readers will root for. The goofy, excitable dogs and the over-the-top emcee narrating the story (a squirrel!) will have children laughing out loud.

About the Author

Jordan Morris is a children's book author. Bally the Amazing Wonderball is her author-illustrator debut. Jordan has worked in a variety of art- and design-related roles, including at The Rabbit hOle, an immersive museum dedicated to children's literature. She credits her book ideas to her own childhood journals and the casually brilliant musings of her two young daughters. Jordan lives in Kansas City, Missouri, with her husband, two children, cat and a dog named Dolly.

Critical Reviews

... this book is delightful but it is also, and I mean this truly, weird. Weird in the best ways, and weird in a way that will make this the true shining star of your next readaloud storytime, while still being out-and-out bizarre.--School Library Journal (Fuse 8)

Dog lovers and theater fans unite at last with this bouncy bevy of delights.--Kirkus Reviews

Publishing Information

Publisher: Kids Can Press
Pub date: 2025-09-02
Length: 36 pages

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