Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm
Paperback – Picture Book, April 23, 1998
HarperCollins · Paperback · April 23, 1998
Harvey Potter was a very strange fellow indeed.
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- Who it’s for
- A balloon-growing farm makes room for the kind of magic that feels almost believable.
- Themes
- Imagination, Magic
- Genres
- Magic & Fantasy, US: African American Stories, Funny Stories
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Harvey Potter was a very strange fellow indeed. He was a farmer but not like any farmer you've ever met. He didn't grow corn, okra, or tomatoes. Harvey Potter grew balloons. No one knew exactly how he did it, but with the help of the light of a full moon, one friendly child catches a peek of just how Harvey Potter does it. And keeps some magic for herself. "This is the best sort of fantasy imaginative, inventive, and believable.
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Harvey Potter is a wonder he's the owner of a genuine U.S. Government Inspected Balloon farm. And Nolen's tale about this man, narrated by the African-American girl who learns balloon-farming magic from him, is equally wondrous.... This title should sail onto every library shelf. May Nolen grow a bumper crop of books." School Library Journal. "Downright glorious."Publishers Weekly(starred review).
Moonlit Make-Believe
A balloon-growing farm makes room for the kind of magic that feels almost believable.
Come here for
- A farmer whose crop floats instead of growing in rows
- A child’s glimpse of a secret under the full moon
Expect
- Inventive, gentle fantasy told by a curious girl
- A little magic kept close
Where it sits
| Magic & Fantasy | 86% |
|---|---|
| Funny Stories | 57% |
| US: African American Stories | 46% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Farm Animal Stories
- Cow Stories
- US: African American Stories
- Fairy Tale Collections
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- Fairy Tales & Folklore
- Folktale Retellings
- Farm & Ranch Life
- Magic & Fantasy
- Authors
- Jerdine Nolen
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- April 23, 1998
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Imagination · Magic
- Reading lane
- Farm Animal Stories