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Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm
Contributor(s): Nolen, Jerdine (Author), Buehner, Mark (Illustrator)

ISBN: 0688158455 ISBN-13: 9780688158453
Publisher: HarperCollins

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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 1998
Annotation: Harvey Potter is a very strange fellow indeed--it seems that, instead of growing corn or tomatoes, he grows balloons! No one knows exactly how he does it, but with the help of the light of a full moon, one friendly child catches a peek--and keeps some magic for herself! Full color.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american
- Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - Adaptations

Dewey: E

Age Level: 4-8

Grade Level: PreK-3

Lexile Measure: 630 AD (Adult Directed Text)

Physical Information: 0.12" H x 8.4" W x 11.06" L (0.34 lbs) 32 pages

Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American

Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product

Awards: Young Hoosier Book Award, Winner, Grades K-3, 1997

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 04/20/1998

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 11366
Reading Level: 3.8 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
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. 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).

Contributor Bio(s): Nolen, Jerdine: -

Jerdine Nolen is the author of a diverse range of picture books, from the thoughtful In My Momma's Kitchen to the wildly imaginative Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm, which was made into a TV movie. Jerdine Nolen lives with her children in Ellicott City, Maryland.

Buehner, Mark: -

Marl Buehner has six little pilgrims of his own in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he lives with his wife, Caralyn, and their children: Heidi, Grant, Sarah, Samuel, Laura, and Jake. Mark has illustrated many wonderful children's books, including I Am the Cat by Alice Schertle and Harvy Potter's Balloon Farm by Jerdine Nolen.

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