“Don’t worry,” said Princess Leora’s father just before he left for the tournament. “If anything goes wrong, release a bunch of balloons from the castle tower. Wherever I am, I will see them and come home right away.” Now, something is wrong—very wrong. Princess Leora’s grumpy uncle, the Archduke, wants to be king, and the very first thing he does is pop every balloon in the kingdom. Princess Leora is afraid, but she doesn't give up. If she can find just one whole balloon, the kingdom will be saved!

Rhyming text and illustrations outline the process by which latex is extracted from trees to make balloons.

Princess Leora must grow a magic balloon tree in order to warn the king that his kingdom is in jeopardy.

When Princess Leora's father leaves for a tournament, her tells her to release a bunch of balloons from the castle tower if anything goes wrong. But when her uncle takes over the kingdom and pops all the balloons, Leora must find just one balloon to warn her father and save the kingdom.

Princess Leora must grow a magic balloon tree in order to warn the king that his kingdom is in jeopardy.

Pooh and his friends have a party to celebrate spring and friendship.

Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.