Laurie Jean Harlan 
Lost Potatoes 
A Harrowing Tale of Two Potatoes on the Lam

Lost Potatoes is a whimsical, rhythmic tale designed to amuse and engage school-age children. Chip is a boy who loses his two potatoes on the way home from the store and engages his community (all with punny potato names) to help find them.

About the author

Laurie Jean Harlan grew up in Michigan and now resides in Vancouver, Washington. Self-taught with a love for art, she wrote “Lost Potatoes” as a fledgling leap into the publishing world. Her years as a nanny spinning yarns and telling tales have been the main inspiration in bringing this story to life.