One morning, music-loving Jo wakes up to discover that his musical notes have disappeared! Where could they have gone to? Join Jo on a dreamy space adventure as he goes in search of his musical notes! Up up you go Jo!  is a recipient of the prestigious Gold Award from Mom's Choice Awards® Reviewed by Lydia (age 7) for Reader Views Kids (10/2021)5* - Soaring to the sky for your dreams "Up Up You Go Jo!" by Mariam Shapera is a fun kid's book about music, space, and problemsolving. In the story, a boy named Jo created some music on a piece of paper and was reallyproud of it. It was late at night, so he had to go to sleep. When he wakes up, the music notes arenot on his piece of paper anymore! "How did this happen?" thinks Jo. I agree with Jo, because Ihave never seen that happen before, either. Jo's parents then take him to the fair (a place withlots of fun rides and cotton candy!), but Jo doesn't want to go on any of the rides; instead, hewants some balloons. Jo thinks that maybe his music notes flew out of his window and floatedinto the sky. His parents get him some balloons and he goes up into space to find his musicnotes! After he gets them, he finds himself in his bed and wonders if it was real or not. "Up Up You Go Jo!" is a neat book to read because it has a lot of things happening in the story. Idon't believe that all of these things could happen, but it is fun to read. My mom wants me to tryplaying the piano, so I understand the part about music notes, and sometimes I wish they wouldfly off of the pages when I don't want to practice. I think that Jo shouldn't leave his windowopen at night if he doesn't want this to happen again; besides, it is too hot right now to keep yourwindow open at night! I don't understand why Jo didn't want to ride anything at the fair, but Ithought it was cool that he thought about the balloons, because I wouldn't have. Then, when hegoes into space, he talks about things that I have heard before in space, like possible aliens,asteroids, shooting stars, astronauts, and planets. I like how he described the planet Saturn; I like it because I love colors. The colors in the pictures are pretty, and I like that there is a picture afterevery page of words; sometimes more. The end of the book is interesting because it makes youwonder if it really happened or if it was just a dream. A Note from Mom: Like Lydia said, "Up Up You Go Jo!" is a fun book that is appropriatelywritten for this age-range (pre-k through elementary). Lydia could read most of all the wordswith some help from me, so I appreciate the challenge for her reading skills. It's an inspiringstory about an ambitious and talented kid who demonstrates his abilities to problem-solve inunique ways. Overall, a well-written book for kids of almost any age! Mariam Shapera MD is a family doctor and mother of three musical and outer-space-loving kids. She believes a kid's determination and curiosity will only get the better of them.