How Harry Found the Meaning of Friendship

What do you get when an inquisitive and trusting brown field mouse meets a small, brash green caterpillar eating machine? An unlikely but lasting friendship! How Harry Found the Meaning of Friendship is a sweet children's book with creative illustrations that tells the tale of two active and energetic creatures, each with their daily agendas to gather food and survive. What will they learn from each other-from life-from friendship?There's Harry, the mouse whose daily routine includes collecting seeds and berries. On his outing to collect his fill, he accidentally discovers Fluffy-one hungry and busy caterpillar whose sole function is to eat and grow, until morphing into a butterfly.The story takes the reader through the happiness of discovering and forming a new friendship, to the sadness and desperation of losing that friend, and finally to the joyous reuniting of friends with the realization of finding the true meaning of friendship.Author Mel Stave was born in Kansas City, Missouri and moved to Southern California in 1960. He has been a teacher and educator since 1975. He is currently the coordinator for the Communications Technology Magnet Center at Ulysses S. Grant High School in the Los Angeles Unified School District. He resides in Calabasas, California with his wife, Karen, and their dog, Sparkie.