Harvey the Gardener

Product Description
You’ll love Harvey – the busiest beaver in the world! Harvey’s flower has wilted in its windowbox. Time to plant another, thinks Harvey. But what shall he plant? Then he notices a dried bean on the floor that has dropped from his shopping bag. That’s what I’ll grow, thinks Harvey – beans have lovely flowers and after the flowers the new beans come and you can eat them! Young readers will love following along, planting the beans and watching them grow and even learning how to cook them. At the end of the book, there are instructions for planting and tending your own beans and drawings of all the different types you can grow.

About the Author
Lars Klinting has written and/or illustrated over 20 children’s books in his native Sweden. He is most famous for his beaver books, which have been translated into 18 languages and have sold over 200,000 copies worldwide. Like Harvey, Lars is very handy. He trained as a carpenter and also enjoys sewing, cooking, gardening and painting. In 1987, Lars was awarded the Elsa Beskow Plaque for illustration and in 1990 the IBBY presented him with an honorary diploma for illustration. He lives outside of Stockholm with his wife, also a children’s book illustrator.