Mathilda and the Orange Balloon by Randall de Seve

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How can a small gray sheep become 

a big orange balloon?

With a lot of imagination and determination --

anything is possible!

 
Refusing to follow the boring herd mentality of her grazing companions, a visionary little sheep uses her imagination to achieve the impossible…The unflappable Mathilda will tickle and inspire.
— Kirkus Reviews
Mathilda’s unwavering quest for color in a black-and-white world inspires the hope that anything is possible.
— Time Out Kids
[With] charming line-and-watercolor illustrations, as effervescent as an orange balloon…[kids] will get the idea that imagination can take them right up in the air.
— Booklist