Nursery World - Sharing books… No Roses for Harry

Penny Tassoni has ideas for sharing a much-loved book

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No Roses for Harry by Gene Zion and Margaret Bloy Graham is a much-loved book from the late 1950s and is still available. Harry is a black-and-white dog who lives with two children. Their grandmother has knitted a sweater for Harry that has roses on it. While the family loves it, Harry does not. His feeling that it makes him look silly is confirmed by the reaction of people and other dogs when the family goes shopping.

Harry starts to look for ways to ‘lose’ the sweater. He leaves it behind in the pet shop, tucks it under a shopping trolley in the grocery store and finally leaves it alongside a plant in the florist’s. Each attempt ends in failure and he becomes quite depressed until he notices a loose thread. He pulls at this thread and then to his surprise a bird picks up the end and the sweater unravels.

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