H.L. Wienand

H.L. Wienand

H.L. Wienand was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He grew up a free-spirited child roaming the hills of Florida and Quellerina in search of adventure as far from the eyes of adults as possible. In his early twenties, his family relocated to Zimbabwe where he spent time working in Zambia and the Copperbelt.

Henry worked in the engineering field for the majority of his life and dedicated his time to his passion of inventing renewable energy systems. His dream has always been to make an impactful difference in the world by contributing his often offbeat ideas to the collective consciousness to save the planet. When he wasn’t experimenting with the magnetic fields of pyramids, he would be found writing one of his many fantastical children’s stories.

The author has penned a collection of enchanting children’s stories and a Western novel called Gentle. He currently lives in Cape Town, South Africa, where he passes his days dreaming up more ways to save the planet and entertain enquiring young minds.

Once Upon a Potato

Young readers (7–11 years) will be captivated by this tale of sparkling wit, bravery, and forgiveness.

In the fairytale land of Gnash lives a wily fox called Sharp Ears.

Poor Sharp Ears has a problem: His young son has a craze for peeling potatoes. In fact, the little fox has no interest in doing anything else!

So Sharp Ears comes up with a crafty idea to put a stop to all this potato peeling.

But things don’t go quite according to plan.

For along the way, Sharp Ears and his little fox tumble down a waterfall and find themselves in the magical kingdom of Vegland.

A kingdom that has fallen into the wayward clutches of pumpkin King Squashygoo!

Thus begins an adventure like no other, filled with cunning crocodiles and dancing vegetables.

Can Sharp Ears save Vegland and still carry out his plan?