I’m on a mission to find a book and these are the details a bit vague but would appreciate if anybody could help.
Series of books by Happy Venture which were childrens books in the 50’5/60’s.
Title unknown but the story is about Nasturtiums growing out of a boot and on the roof. People thought it was a fire and called out the fire brigade.
One of the authors is Fred J Schonell.
Have tried all the usual searches but nothing so far, do any of you recall this book?
Thank you.
Kath
Kath I think these were the Dick and Dora books which I hated with a passion 
Ahhh stilted wording …Sterling Times
There are some on Amazon if you do a Google search for Happy Venture 
looking at the titles may jog your memory as to which book you are looking for .
Thank you Berxer and Meg, had a look on the websites people know the story, just not the title of the book unfortunately.
Meg have tried google it gives a lot of info on Happy Venture books but not this particular story.
Will keep looking.
Have you tried asking a children’s librarian?
Thanks Annie Jack and don’t know why I didn’t think of that I am a member of the local library and read a lot myself I can try a search online first.
If I can’t find it then I will visit the childrens section in the library and let them try as they are more knowledgeable at searching for stuff.
thanks.
Good luck! Might be worth stopping in at a used book dealer too. If they don’t have it they might be able to track down a copy.
Funny you should suggest that Annie, I have just received a book I ordered from Amazon so I have emailed the book dealer to see if they can help me track it down.
I’m actually doing this as a favour for a friend, but I enjoy Sherlock Holmes jobs! and don’t give up easy. lol
Thanks for your help.
There was another series of books by Fred J. Schonell co-written with Phyllis Flowerdew which might have been for the American market.
They were called Wide Range Readers as opposed to the Happy Venture Readers series.
One of the stories somewhere in those is about the man who grew nasturtiums in his boots that subsequently covered his entire house.
Unfortunately I have no idea exactly what the book you are after is called.
There are a lot to plough through, Green Books 1 onward, Blue Books 1 onward and so on.
Hope this helps a little.
George
Thank you George, much appreciated.
No problem Kath, one other thought. If the book was a school reader, maybe it did not make it into the Library system.
Would it be worth having a chat with say a retired primary school teacher as opposed to a librarian?
If there are any still alive 
Just an idea.
Book title
I always thought it was called “The Nasturtiums that grew too big for its boot”.
‘The Nasturtiums that grew too big for its boot’
I remember this story but I think it was entitled ‘The Nasturtiums which grew too big for their boots’. It may have been late 1960s and I think it was one of several in a book in a reading scheme rather than a stand alone book like Ladybird etc?
I would like to revisit the story, too, so if anyone can tell me where it is I would be very grateful, please!
Hi Kath131
I was Googling the Happy Venture Books yesterday as I want to buy some for my sister’s Birthday and came across your posting in a Google thread. I saw that you were looking for a story about Nasturtiums and was having trouble finding this story. I just thought I would let you know that I have a scanned copy of this story if you are still interested in reading this. Let me know if you are and I can send you a copy via this forum
Kind regards
Gemini1961
