The Purple Balloon
Age rating: Ages 8 · Children
Age rating and Christian content guidance for parents.
First published 2007
A boy finds a magical purple balloon that takes him on an imaginative journey.
Concern Level
Clean
Virtue Level
Thin
Concern Level
Clean
Virtue Level
Thin
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Things to consider
Higher = more presentNo sexual content is present in this book.
There is no violence depicted in the story.
Profanity is absent from the text.
No blasphemous language is used.
Substance use is not a theme in this book.
The story does not include suicide or self-harm.
This book is not scary.
The balloon's magic is whimsical, not occult.
LGBTQ+ themes are not present in this book.
The book celebrates imagination and wonder.
No negative portrayals of Christians are present.
Virtues to celebrate
Higher = stronger presenceThe boy's imagination is his main strength.
Christian faith is not a focus of this book.
The story is about the joy of exploration.
No explicit themes of forgiveness are present.
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