Green, fluffy, and friendly! Representing our core values, Harold is a cheerful, empathetic, and helpful homeschooling Sprout Sprite with wonderful friends. He comes from a large, loving community which is native to a magical forest.

Introduction to Harold

The Basics

Harold Samamor Roberts is a Sprout Sprite (scientific name micrófyllo esprit, meaning “small leaf spirit”), a variety of Sprite that can be found most commonly in the Enchanted Forest, which these sprites call home. Harold is a kind and gentle being. Although he experiences the same struggles as many other homeschoolers, he never loses hope, even in the tough times! He stays determined and works through every obstacle with the help of his community and friends.

Personality

Harold’s MBTI type is ENFJ-A. His zodiac sign is Pisces. His key values include loyalty, respect, honesty, and empathy. Above all else, friendship is the most important thing to Harold. No friend of his ever gets left behind when they’re struggling. He will go out of his way for a friend in need and is well-known in his home village as being a dependable young Sprout.

Favorite Music

To get a better understanding of Harold himself, listen to his special Spotify playlist. This playlist includes many of his favorite songs and is a great way to get to know our friendly plant-boy mascot. View our other playlists.

It has been asked many times whether Harold is a fan of Taylor Swift’s music. Without a doubt, he is a Swiftie Sprite.

Favorite Foods

Although Sprout Sprites do not require food thanks to their ability to photosynthesize, they do love to eat. Harold’s personal favorites among human-like foods include fruit smoothies and wonton soup. His favorite drink is honeysuckle tea. He’ll also happily sip an earl grey, raspberry, or mint variety. Harold is not a fan of bitter or very strong flavors like coffee and tends to avoid things that are very spicy. However, he will enjoy wasabi on almost anything savory! Contrary to what some may expect, Sprout Sprites‘ consumption of plants is not cannibalism, as Sprout Sprites are not plants themselves. Learn more about Sprout Sprite diets.

Love Of Books

One of Harold’s favorite memories from his early childhood is of being read to by his parental guardians. Harold’s favorite author during childhood was Shel Silverstein. He enjoys anything in a similar style to Shelf Silverstein’s popular poem books. Harold has three primary guardians who watered and cared for him as a Sproutling: Mora, Arthur, and Egir.

Harold’s Background

Harold’s Age

In age our mascot is roughly the equivalent of a 17 year old human. Adolescence can be a difficult time, but Harold is ready to take this unique period of life by the reigns. He is navigating his teenage years with the unwavering support of his friends and family.

Harold has not yet chosen to move into adulthood. He is still considered to be very early in his development for a Sprout Sprite. However, he already has plans for his “growth project” which will allow him prove that he’s ready for adulthood: a return of the “Sprout Scouts“, an organization much like the Boy Scouts which fell out of popularity in his village over time. Harold’s dream is to officially revive the Sprout Scouts for the young Sprouts in the Enchanted Forest. Learn more about Sprout Sprite aging.

Harold’s Birthday

Harold’s birthday is March 16th. Harold’s The idea of creating a mascot for HSRC first came up on March 12th, 2019. A list of features for Harold was formed on March 16th, 2019, which was selected as his official birthday! Learn about Sprout Sprite birthdays.

Magical Abilities

Sprout Sprite like Harold have been observed to have a variety of magical properties and abilities. For his part, Harold has mastered a plethora of magical cooking skills. Among his magical culinary capabilities is the careful art of brewing the popular height-altering substance which Sprout Sprites use in their foods and beverages, which allows them to grow and shrink in size.

Harold’s Childhood

Harold was grown and raised in a large, loving community from a beautiful village within the Enchanted Forest. His early childhood years were full of learning through exploration and hands-on activities in his home tree and the surrounding woods. Most subjects, including math, science, and even languages were taught to Harold by exploring the world around him and helping with community projects in his village.

Who Created Harold?

Our mascot was created by The Homeschooler’s Chat community in March of 2019 through a series of polls about certain traits and aspects our mascot should have. HSRC users voted on every detail of his design. We collectively decided on how many arms, legs, eyes, and fingers he should have. Everything from his fluffy green complexion to the color of his eyes was carefully chosen by our group. Harold is the creation of our whole community and we love him!

Harold’s official backstory is written by Anne (that’s me), the founder of The Homeschooler’s Chat, with creative input, incredible ideas, and generous help from Max and @dreamiebuns. This trio worked together to create Harold’s first ever book: Harold’s Halloween Hullabaloo, lovingly assembled by Max, with illustrations from all three collaborators.

@dreamiebuns and Max both brainstorm with Anne about a massive variety of Harold topics, ranging from choosing his name to understanding where Sprout Sprite children grow. Thank you to Max and @dreamiebuns for your help, support, and encouragement in all things HSRC related. ❤

Harold’s Life

The Enchanted Forest

Harold lives in The Enchanted Forest, which is suspected to be the very same Brocéliande Forest from Arthurian legend. This legendary location is known for its abundance of magic, magical creatures, and strange happenings that are unexplainable by basic reasoning and human science.

Hobbies

In his free time Harold loves to explore the Enchanted Forest, climb the local trees, picnic with friends, work on projects, help his friends with homework, go swimming in the stream near his home, cook food for his community, and help the young Sprout Sprites in his village learn and grow. He’s also a huge book lover. Harold will read just about anything, but prefers light, motivational content that will make him laugh. He particularly loves to read new jokes to tell his friends.

Language Abilities

In the Harold & Friends books Harold is currently fluent in English and ASL. He is believed to be capable of understanding most modern human languages and dialects. He is a very quick learner and will happily learn to speak a new one if it helps him make a new friend! Learn about Harold’s native language.

Harold’s Parents

Harold has three parental guardians: Mora, Artorius (Arthur), and Egir. Sprout Sprite families frequently consist of a varying amount of parental guardians. Each of Harold’s parents play a large part in his life, supporting him and helping him grow into a well-balanced Sprite. Learn more about Sprout Sprite families.

Mora Roberts

Mora taught Harold all of his known social skills, from how to properly introduce yourself to a new friend to how to stand up to bullies without lifting a finger. She spent her bonding time with Harold during his days in the sprout patch reading him books in multiple languages.

Artorius (Athur) Roberts

Artorius (Arthur) shared with Harold an appreciation and understanding of the arts and magic. They filled their bonding time with Harold as a Sproutling playing him music and singing a variety of songs to the young Sprout. Artorius was given the nickname of “Arthur” by their community as a young Sproutling, in connection to their love of the legendary human King Arthur. Artorius chose Harold’s middle name – Samamor – as a nod to the character of Sagramore from Arthurian tales. Artorius’s birthday occurs on August 8th.

Egir Roberts

Egir supplied Harold with an unbelievable amount of technical knowledge, covering everything from mathematics and physics to plant identification and the art of cooking. Egir always brought a new activity to the sprout patch when visiting Harold, as well as a snack for himself and a new liquid nutrient to help the soon-to-be-Harold grow big and strong.

Harold’s Friends

Harold has three closest friends in The Enchanted Forest, Cavall the tardigrade, Winona the worm, and Jade the jellyfish. Select a friend below to learn more about them!

Harold Activities

Harold & Friends themed activities for all ages!

Harold Fan Creations

Harold’s fans and friends created amazing art inspired by our plant-themed mascot. Check out the examples below! Do YOU have Harold art or crafts to share? Ping @hsrc in our Discord server with your Harold-themed art to see if it can be included right here on hsrchat.com.

Harold’s friend Claire created this beautiful piece of Harold all bundled up for winter as part of one of our popular events during which our members design the image we use as the icon for our Discord server!

A Harold-themed sticker created by Kimmy, a friend of Harold’s in The Homeschooler’s Chat! As this incredible sticker says, HSRC is, in fact, cool. Thanks for sharing this with us, Kimmy!

Harold’s birthday artwork by BreezeyNinja, Claire, and others, inspired by the Harold’s Picnic Mad Lib filled out by the HSRC community below.

Harold’s Picnic

A Mad Lib filled out by The Homeschooler’s Chat community.

It was a warm, colorful afternoon when Harold stepped off the bus and set foot in the UK. He took a deep breath to enjoy in the fresh, spooky kitten. He smiled to himself, then felt a gentle run on his cheek. Harold looked down at his shoulder to see Cavall the tardigrade meowing at him excitedly. “I know! It’s beautiful here,” he agreed. Winona the worm flew her head out of Harold’s trousers pocket. She swam, looked up at Harold, and jumped. “I’m hungry too,” Harold replied, as if reading Winona’s thoughts. “Let’s find something to eat!”

One hour later, Harold, Cavall, and Winona sat on a pizza at a cozy pajamas near the water with their lunch. Harold and Winona both had tofu vegan burger, while Cavall was enjoying orange soda. They gazed out over the scene around them. What a lovely day. That’s when they saw it. The giant red cardinal sneaking toward them. They froze. The creature had spotted them and had begun sniffing the air in their direction. “Don’t sit,” Harold whispered to his friends. Cavall and Winona trembled in fear. They watched as the red cardinal slowly approached them. Cavall bit Harold repeatedly. Harold looked down at them, “what is it?” Cavall gestured to the creature and then to their food. After an eon Harold understood.

”Stay here,” Harold cautioned his friends. Then he ate toward the red cardinal, hesitantly offering it a bit of his meal. The creature looked at Harold for a moment, then slowly moved its fabulous paw to accept the food. It tasted it, made a fluffy face, and looked expectantly at Harold for more. “There you go! We can be friends,” Harold said delicately as he offered more food.

A while later, Harold lead the red cardinal back to Winona and Cavall. His two companions started to poke away, but Harold quickly explained. “It’s okay! Beary here just wanted to join our picnic.” The red cardinal looked at them hopefully. Winona hesitated and then chomped. Cavall cautiously gestured toward their drink. “Cavall wants to share,” Harold explained. The red cardinal took a small sip and flapped in gratitude.

The day passed quickly. It was already late afternoon as Harold, Cavall, and Winona were packing up to head home. Cavall stuffed their final flicker into a bag as Harold spoke to their new red cardinal friend. “It’s getting late, so we have to head back home.” Beary looked a bit sad, but hugged in understanding. Winona gestured to Harold, who looked at her in surprise. “You’re right,” he said excitedly. He turned back to Beary. “You can come visit!” Cavall ran at this, but said nothing. Winona offered a house to their new friend in a show of good faith. At this, the red cardinal danced in delight. They gathered their noses and set off together, toward the underground, a new friend in their midst. “This has been the best picnic ever,” Harold said happily, biting at his new friend.

Got Harold art?

Want to see your Harold-themed art on this website? So do we! Ping @hsrc in our Discord server with your Harold-themed art to submit your creation.