Merlin, Jean: Great Balloons! ©1994 Jean Merlin, Kaufman and Greenberg Hardcover, w/dj, 9x11.5" Originally published in France in 1986 and revised in 1993

Image courtesy Don's Magic and Books

Comments: Illustrated by James Hodges, Translated by Richard Volmer & Jane Mansour. The Complete Book of Balloon Sculpting

Contents (from book ToC, numbers are not page numbers):

1 Before Going any Further
2 Why Balloons?
3 Balloon Sizes
4 How to Build and Rotate Your Stock
5 Conservation
6 Inflation
7 Knotting
8 The Coloring
9 Characterization
10 The Symbols
11 For Your Eyes Only

12 Close-Up Animals Using One 260 Balloon
13 Basic Shape One
14 The Dog and Its Offshoots
15 The Little Mouse
16 The Basset Hound
17 The Sheep
18 The Rabbit
19 The Donkey
20 The Horse
21 The Artesien Basset Hound
22 The Anteater
23 Snoopy
24 Woodstock
25 The Horse with a Mane
26 The Squirrel with a Hazelnut
27 The Dromedary
28 The Camel
29 The Sitting Dog Playing With a Ball
30 Kangaroo with Boxing Gloves
31 Mother Kangaroo and Child
32 Two Small Animals
33 Baby Mouse
34 Baby Tortoise
35 Bugs Bunny
36 The Poodle

37 Basic Shape Two
38 The Bird and its Offshoots
39 The Big Simple Bird
40 Pheasant
41 The Knotted Bird
42 The Swan
43 Another Swan
44 The Pigeon
45 The Collared Pigeon
46 The Vulture
47 An Owl
48 Parakeet

49 Basic Shape Three
50 The Bear and its Offshoots
51 The Bear
52 The Cat
53 The Tiger
54 The Lion
55 The Ram
56 Mickey Mouse
57 The Bat
58 The Elephant
59 The Cobra
60 Tortoise
61 The Crocodile
62 The Hippopotomous
63 The Rhinocerous
64 Sea Lion Balancing A Balloon

65 How To Separate the Four Paws
66 The Dog That’s Swallowed a Pea
67 An Egg Changed into a Baby Swan

68 Close-Up Animals Using Several 260 Balloons
69 Snow Goose
70 Spread-Tail Swan
71 The Snail
72 Pegasus
73 Badger
74 The Pterodactyl
75 The Hydra

76 Stage Animals Using 300 Diameter Balloons
77 (Making Big Animals Using Few Balloons)
78 The Giraffe
79 The Swan
80 The Dog with Ball
81 The Tortoise
82 The Penguin
83 European Wood Grouse

84 Various Animals Using Mixed Balloons
85 Some Birds
86 Variation 1
87 Variation 2
88 Variation 3
89 The Condor
90 The Parakeet on Stand
91 The Butterfly
92 The Dragonfly
93 The Bee
94 Flowers
95 The Dinosaur

96 Shape-Shifting Animals
97 The Stag (Basset Plus Giraffe)
98 The Big Rhino (Rugby Ball Plus Dog)
99 Anteater into Camel
100 Dog into Giraffe
101 Squirrel into Camel
102 Bird of the Islands into Collared Pigeon
103 Bird into Tortoise
104 Collared Pigeon into Rhino
105 Swan into Seahorse
106 Japanese Fish
107 Octopus
108 Three Birds in One
109 Sea Lion into Elephant

110 The Set, Details, and Finishing Touches
111 A Few Bits of Business
112 Some More Bits of Business
113 How to Improve Your Animals
114 The Tail of the Balloon
115 Caution!
116 Proportion
117 The Act
118 Comedy Inflation
119 Costumes
120 The Theme
121 The Crazy Machine
122 The Finale
123 The Shower of Balloons
124 The Release of Helium-Inflated Balloons
125 Working with Music
126 One Soundtrack, Two Tapes
127 Remote Control
128 Comedy