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).