The Runaway Parade Balloon
1,600+ ReviewsIt’s parade day in Maple Hollow, and your child has the most important job in town: holding the rope of the biggest balloon of all, a giant orange pumpkin. Then a gust of wind comes whooshing down Main Street, and the pumpkin floats away with a corgi named Pudding barking after it.
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It was parade day in Maple Hollow, and the whole town lined Main Street with cocoa and mittens.
Mei held the rope of the biggest balloon of all, a giant orange pumpkin.
Page 1 of 8. It was parade day in Maple Hollow, and the whole town lined Main Street with cocoa and mittens. Mei held the rope of the biggest balloon of all, a giant orange pumpkin.
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Every page is made for them
The Runaway Parade Balloon is more than a name swap. Here’s what changes when your child steps in.
A hero with their face
One photo becomes a storybook version of your child, hair, smile and all.
Their name, woven in
It’s part of the story itself, so every page reads like it was written for them.
A keepsake for the shelf
A full-color hardcover made for bedtime, gifting and years of re-reading.
Customer Reviews
The “we can do it” book
My daughter now says “let’s make a chain!” whenever the toy bin is too heavy to carry. I’m not even kidding.
She’s the star of the story!
My daughter kept pointing at the pages and saying, “That’s me!” Reading a story with her name in it makes bedtime feel extra special.
The sweetest gift
We gave this to our grandson for his birthday and he wouldn’t put it down. A book we’ll treasure together.
Worth every page
The first time he saw his name on the cover he gasped. Now he “reads” it to his baby sister every single night.
Grandma cried
We mailed one to his grandparents and they said it was the best gift they’d ever gotten. They read it on every video call.
She asks for it by name
It’s the first thing she grabs at bedtime. We’ve read it so many times I know it by heart, and I don’t mind at all.
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