Bubble Trouble is the story of a little boy who gets stuck inside his sisters bubble and floats above the town where everyone stops what they are doing to run after him. His mother is worried that the bubble will pop and the little baby will fall. A rebel boy on the block decides to try to shoot it down with a pebble and when he does, the bubble bursts and the baby begins to fall. Luckily, one of their neighbors had a quilt with her that she was working on and they all open up the quilt and hold it out so that the baby can fall safely on it and be okay.
This story is told in an interesting rhyming fashion. Only two lines on the page rhyme and for some reason I just could not get the flow going with that. There were many tongue twister rhyming words that all sounded a like and would make for a fun read for children, but also somewhat difficult for parents. It is hard to keep a good pace because the rhyming was different then what I am used to reading. Also, many of the words were different and harder for younger children to understand. Though they will probably understand what is going on through the pictures, I found the book itself to be confusing for young kids.
The illustrations, done by Polly Dunbar, seemed to be done partially in colored pencil which I found refreshing. It was a little something different then you usually see and for children who use colored pencil, they can try to replicate some of the illustrations. This story would be good for students in 1st and 2nd grade, though it still might be a little confusing for them. If the story is read fast, kids will get a kick out of the rhyming words and funny tongue twisters in the story.
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