The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

Magpie

About the Writer


Louise O. Young

Louise taught science for many years in Massachusetts, is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and has published articles in Science and Children Magazine, Teaching K-8, The Boston Globe and The Denver Post. Her storybook ICE CONTINENT, A STORY OF ANTARCTICA came out from Soundprints in the fall of 1997 and a second version, PENGUIN COMES HOME, in 2004. Babybug Magazine published MAMA IS HOME in March 2016. Ladybug Magazine published PUMPKIN in 1994, DOG WALK in 2016 and SEED SONG in 2020. Highlights Hello accepted THE RED BALL in 2017.