When you find yourself trying to remember a show (or any works) that's on the tip of your tongue but just out of reach, come here - the collective brain of the TVTropes community can probably help. Post all the details you can remember (examples help). If you're looking for a trope, head over to Trope Finder. Have general questions about tropes? Visit Ask The Tropers!
GordonWay2
Since: Jun, 2012
12th Aug, 2019 06:49:17 PM
THE FANTASTIC FLYING JOURNEY and THE FANTASTIC DINOSAUR ADVENTURE by Gerald Durrell.
Storygirl000
Since: Sep, 2016
13th Aug, 2019 06:30:16 AM
That's it! Thank you!
I remember reading a pair of books as a kid about three kids (a girl and her twin(?) brothers) who traveled with their uncle(?) in a house with a giant balloon attached. The uncle worked with a lot of animals (spiders sewing silk to repair the balloon, electric eels powering the various appliances, etc.); there was also something that let them talk to the animals. The first book was about the four of them going on a trip around the world in search of someone, and in the second one, they were trying to stop a big-game hunter from using the uncle's time machine to hunt dinosaurs. Problem is, I don't remember the name of the series. Does anyone recognize it?