"Alex returns to the mysterious Downhills, in the company of Princess Barbara. He does so in order to help Halo the magician! In the Monster Inn he comes across a strange animal. He is a mammoth who can blow himself up into a gigantic balloon. Everyone calls him Uncle Balloon and he is able to fly! But… when someone tells him a silly Downhills joke, his trunk unravels and then he crashes! On the back of Uncle Balloon, Alex, Princess Barbara and of course Ludo the wolpertinger go in search of adventures! Will they reach magician Fabulus and finally get his big magic book? You read all about it in this new, exiting adventure! 'Dutchy' Koos Verkaik is one of the most productive authors of the moment. He wrote sixty books, both novels and children's books, published in Dutch and English. He works hard on this series now: Alex and the Wolpertinger! Book 4 in this series: The Land of Fringe."