Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm
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Assigned across 2 curriculum lists · 2 states
Grade placement varies by school — the median assigned book spans 4 grade levels (83% span three or more, across 13,258 source-cited assignments).
Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm by Jerdine Nolen is assigned in US schools at grades k–3. It appears across 2 curriculum references and 2 states, sourced from state DOE pages and AP/IB/Common Core syllabi. Every citation below links to the primary source.
This page shows where Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm is assigned in US schools — curricula, states, grades, and the primary-source citations behind each placement. Not a summary or study guide.
- Grade range
- Grades K–3
- Age range
- Ages 5–8
- Pages
- 32
- Reading time
- about 35 minutes (est.)
- First published
- 1994
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780590501217
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Why widely assigned
This Realistic Fiction title, typically at grades k–3. Written in the 1990s; pairs with curriculum units on balloons and farm life; cited across 2 curriculum frameworks.
Themes
balloons · farm life · tall tales · balloons, fiction
Where this book is assigned
Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award
- recommended·Kindergarten grade · Marylandsource: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 1996 winner (Picture Book)
- recommended·1st grade · Marylandsource: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 1996 winner (Picture Book)
- recommended·2nd grade · Marylandsource: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 1996 winner (Picture Book)
- recommended·3rd grade · Marylandsource: Maryland Association of School Librarians — Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 1996 winner (Picture Book)
Young Hoosier Book Award
- recommended·Kindergarten grade · Indianasource: Indiana Library Federation — Young Hoosier Book Award past winners, 1997 winner (Picture Book)
- recommended·1st grade · Indianasource: Indiana Library Federation — Young Hoosier Book Award past winners, 1997 winner (Picture Book)
- recommended·2nd grade · Indianasource: Indiana Library Federation — Young Hoosier Book Award past winners, 1997 winner (Picture Book)
- recommended·3rd grade · Indianasource: Indiana Library Federation — Young Hoosier Book Award past winners, 1997 winner (Picture Book)
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Common questions
- What grade level is Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm?
- Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades K–3. It appears on 2 school reading lists across 2 states. Exact placement varies by school and district.
- How long does it take to read Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm?
- It takes about 35 minutes to read Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm (32 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 35 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
- What curricula assign Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm?
- Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm appears on reading lists for Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, Young Hoosier Book Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
- Is Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm banned in schools?
- Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm does not appear in PEN America's Index of School Book Bans 2022-2024. No documented multi-district removals on record, but individual districts may challenge titles locally.
- What themes does Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm explore?
- Central themes in Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm include balloons, farm life, tall tales, balloons, fiction.
Why this book is on this list
How we classifyHide
Each dimension below is sourced from a public reference. The full framework is documented on the classification standard page.
- Lexile measure
- Not classified — this book has no published Lexile measure.
- Grade band
- Grades K–3 — drawn from state ELA frameworks and AP/IB syllabi citing this book.
- Curriculum alignment
- Cited in 2 curricula on this site (see “Where assigned” above for primary-source links).
- State-level evidence
- Cited in 2 states ELA frameworks or DOE list (see citations above).
- Removal / banning records
- No tracked removal or challenge records in cited sources.
- Seasonal / contextual tags
- Tagged for: book-club.