Five Little Pumpkins (Harper Growing Tree)

Book Description

Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate.The first one said, "Oh my, it's getting late."Get ready for some wicked fun as these five pumpkins run and roll! Toddlers will want to chant along with this popular rhyme again and again. Dan Yaccarino's vibrant and bold illustrations bring these pumpkins to life with personality and style. Toddlers are sure to laugh out loud as these pumpkins roll out of sight!

Customer Reviews:

Excellent for toddlers!.......2007-09-29

I was a kindergarten teacher and this rhyme was a staple during the month of October. When I saw it had been made into a book, I got it for my 2 year old daughter. It is perfect for this age. Short, rhyming text and vibrant pumpkin pictures. My 4 year old twins like it too because they are so familiar with the rhyme they feel like they are reading it themselves. Definitely a favorite for Halloween in this house.

We love this book!.......2006-10-03

The rhyme of Five Little Pumpkins is SO easy to read and memorize, the board book holds up very well, and the illustrations are very endearing--the jack-o-lantern faces are expressive and the colors are beautiful. This book made my 20-month-old son a jack-o-lantern fan, and I haven't gotten tired of reading it to him yet!

DELIGHTFUL LITTLE BOARD BOOK.......2005-06-07

Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate.
The first one said, "Oh, my it's getting late!"
The second one said, "There are witches in the air."
The third one said, "But we don't care."
The fourth one said, "Let's run, let's run!"
The fifth one said, "Isn't Halloween fun?"

Then Woooooo went the wind
And OUT went the lights.
And five little pumpkins rolled out of sight.

My 2 1/2 year old just loves Halloween. It's only June as I write this and he's already asking if Halloween is coming soon almost on a daily basis. So when I saw this book at a yard sale I just had to pick it up. This delightful verse that has been around so long is accompanied by cute and spooky illustrations of pumpkins, ghosts, witches, and black cats. Just a delightful and sturdy little board book. Perfect for your little goblin.

Halloween Board Book Not To Miss!.......2002-09-19

Dan Yaccarino captures the essence of Halloween with simple, yet expressive pictures of pumpkins, ghosts and a black cat. My one year old son Ryan loves it when i read the story of the Five Little Pumpkins. He points to all the different pumpkin faces and loves their orange glow. The book wipes clean and withstands being dragged all over the house! I am a big fan of Dan Yaccarino's work, love his cartoon Oswald, so this book is a big Halloween fun delight!

A Festive Halloween Board Book.......2002-08-21

This board book with wipe-clean covers and pages is a delightful Halloween romp featuring the five famous little pumpkins of the familiar gradeschool song. Bright double page illustrations showing the five different jack-o-lanterns tell the tale of Halloween night that begins with the pumpkins "sitting on a gate" and finishes up with them "rolling out of sight." Simple but fun-filled witches on broomsticks, a black cat, and whispy smiling ghosts join in the fun. This book is rated for the ages of 1 1/2 and up and is basic and short enough to hold the attention of a very little one but can be used to learn reciting or singing. It is a nice touch for Halloween because there is no scariness in it and lots of smiling, bright colored action to follow. Sure to be a family favorite.

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Must Do All the Voices
Big Pumpkin
Best Halloween Book EVER!!!
the Big Pumpkin
Fun Read

Big Pumpkin
Erica Silverman
Manufacturer: Aladdin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0689801297

Book Description

The witch has grown the biggest pumpkin ever, and now she wants to make herself a pumpkin pie for Halloween. But the pumpkin is so big she can't get it off the vine.

It's so big the ghost can't move it, either. Neither can the vampire, nor the mummy. It looks as if there'll be no pumpkin pie for Halloween, until along comes the bat with an idea to save the day.

How can the tiny bat succeed where bigger and strong spooky creatures have failed? You'll be surprised!

Customer Reviews:

Must Do All the Voices.......2007-10-08

I came across this book years ago when my daughters were in elementary school (now in college and h.s.). They loved when I created individual voices for the story characters. I now give this book as a gift to all family members and friend's children celebrating their very first Halloween.
The illustrations are fabulous.

My girls still find this book one of their favorite Halloween stories.

Big Pumpkin.......2007-09-25

I love this story, it is even better with the audio tape, the one that tells this story through song. I didn't care for the audio cd that just read the story, it felt very bland. Great book!!!

Best Halloween Book EVER!!!.......2007-01-10

As a kindergarten teacher and, now, as a mom I just adore this book! It is so cute. The repetitive text and "sing-song" nature make it lovable for all ages. The characters, although traditionally spooky images, are not scary at all and I have not met a kid yet who has not loved this book...including my one and a half year old son. After just a few readings he was "singing" along with me and constantly asks to read it again. I was thrilled to see that amazon offered a hardcover version. I have gone through numerous paperback copies in my classroom because the paperbacks tend to fall apart (not sure if this was a result of the quality of the paperback or because of how much "love" the book received by numerous children. It was probably a little of both.) I highly recommend the hardcover...well worth the little extra money. There is also a very hard to find cassette version and if you get the chance, snatch that up as well! Do not even think twice about ordering this book...you'll love it!

the Big Pumpkin.......2007-01-10

A fun, funny book that is great for a Halloween library. The Kindergarten students join in tugging and tugging to move the pumpkin. A great book for a school or classroom library. It is one of our favorites.

Fun Read .......2007-01-10

We have a lot of fun reading this book. It made ghosts, witches, bats and the like as susceptible to failures(?) as the rest of us.

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Stupendous!
For the parents pleasure
LOVE LOVE LOVE this book!
(4+) Where was Miss Fiona When I Was a Kid?
Beautiful book!

Miss Fiona's Stupendous Pumpkin Pies
Mark Kimball Moulton
Manufacturer: Ideals Children's Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Stupendous!.......2007-09-19

I love this book as much as my little girl. The illustrations are beautiful and really suck you into the story.
I would definately recommend this to any mom out there who is looking for a good Halloween book.

For the parents pleasure.......2007-05-03

A wonderful poetic book...made for parental pleasure and equally pleasing to the youngsters too. You won't dread re-reading this book multiple times. Goes great with the author's "Twisted Sistahs".

LOVE LOVE LOVE this book!.......2006-03-10

I love this book as much as my (...)son does. He wants me to read it to him all the time. And what a great message at the end of the book.

(4+) Where was Miss Fiona When I Was a Kid?.......2005-09-22

Since children are always especially entranced while listening to a story about a character who shares their name, when we learned of this book we purchased it as a gift to a very young "Miss Fiona". While it certainly doesn't rise to the really exceptional level of a potential classic, it definitely is an above average story wonderfully complemented by the accompanying color illustrations by Karen Crouch of Miss Fiona and her multitude of cats and pumpkins.

As the title suggests, this is a cheery Halloween story. Miss Fiona is a very old woman who dresses like a witch and lives "past the spooky graveyard...in a big old haunted house". However, if she is a witch, she must be related to the Good Witch of the East rather than the Wicked Witch of the West, since her specialty is preparing MISS FIONA"S STUPENDOUS PUMPKIN PIECES which she refuses to serve until midnight after all the other houses have been visited by the youngsters for their "trick or treat".

The mood is upbeat, and the lessons (regarding how incorrect preconceptions can be - Halloween stories don't have to be scary and witches don't have to be bad) are incorporated into the story in a subtly effective way.

The story is told in rough verse with generally rhyming stanza. It certainly would not win any awards in a poetry contest but is a very effective and appealing way of telling this story to its intended audience.

It is always difficult for me to rate books outside my areas of specialization, particularly books for very young children. (In addition, my knowledge of the subgenre of children's Halloween stories is almost nil.) Nevertheless, based on my extensive reading many years ago of stories to my two daughters as well as my more limited reading of the genre since then, my opinion is that while the illustrations so perfectly fit the story that they might deserve five stars, the story itself and the verse by which it is told combine to produce a composite rating below that level. However, I want to emphasize that this is a story that I believe will be thoroughly enjoyed by the young children to whom it is read and the slightly older beginning readers who can have the pleasure of reading it themselves.

Tucker Andersen

Beautiful book!.......2004-10-28

This is the best Halloween book I have seen! For the past several years I have read this book to my daughter's class at school and bring along pumpkin pies and spider rings for the kids! The book has a very positive message and it is beautifully illustrated!!!!

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Buy this book!
Amazing Visuals
wonderful!
great book for children
i loved it!

Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden
George Levenson
Manufacturer: Tricycle Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1582460787

Book Description

Tricycle Press is proud to present two new editions of the critically acclaimed Pumpkin Circle. Pumpkin seedlings grow, sprout, bud, and bloom, offering up their golden fruit, then break down into rich soil from which seeds sprout again—a circle without end. The skillfully translated Spanish language edition and a first-time paperback version are sure to create a whole new crop of pumpkin lovers.

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Buy this book!.......2004-02-05

I bought this book for my 2yr old and he loves it! My 4yr old loves it too. It does a great job teaching kids the cycle of life. The photos are wonderful and the story is simple enough to keep little ones interested, yet gives a great explanation about the circle of life.

Amazing Visuals.......2000-10-31

A wonderful, graphic book about the circle of life. Why are kids so fascinated by pumpkins? Take a look at this visually intense book and see why. The photographs are definitely the feature here, but the text is not bad either, and keeps it at just about the right pace for a 3-5 year old audience.

wonderful!.......2000-10-14

I love this book. The photos are great! It has quickly become one of my daughter's favorites!

great book for children.......1999-12-15

This is a wonderful book with great photos and is very enjoyable to read aloud to children. Both children and adults can learn about the life cycle of a pumpkin and can appreciate the wonders of nature.

i loved it!.......1999-11-30

i think pumpkin circle:...is wonderful! the diverse photographs are lovely and artful.they are robust in color yet delicate in detail.it is a great book to share with the family. the thought and care that must have gone into the creation of this book is quite evident.

The Bear Detectives: The Case of the Missing Pumpkin (I Can Read It All by Myself Beginner Books)

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The Bear Detectives
funny
The Bear Detectives
The Bear Detectives
Papa Bear does it again..!

The Bear Detectives: The Case of the Missing Pumpkin (I Can Read It All by Myself Beginner Books)
Stan Berenstain , and Jan Berenstain
Manufacturer: Random House Books for Young Readers
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0394831276
Release Date: 1975-09-12

Book Description

Can the Bear Detectives find Farmer Ben’s missing pumpkin?
With some misguided–but always enthusiastic and well-meaning–advice from Papa Bear, they’re hot on the trail of the pumpkin thief. Illus. in full color.

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The Bear Detectives.......2006-12-06

The bear detectives is a funny book. This time a prize winning pumpkin goes missing. So when they go looking for it they come across some complcations. The papa bear and his dog suffs try to go about it in a different way. Where the children try to go by book the and use there new spy kits. Who will find the pumpkin first or will they find it togeether?
The pictures are colorfull and they show you what happing, and all the clues and mystries.
This is a good childrens book. This is a Dr. suse book.

funny.......2005-12-16

i guess you gotta be a fan of the berenstein bears in order to kinda enjoy this book, or else maybe u just have a different sense of humor, or maybe u jsut like mysteries like this one. this book is also a ryming book, which can make it more interseting, and it is pretty funny, which will make it fun for the kids to read

The Bear Detectives.......2003-11-09

We start of this story by hearing that Farmer Ben's first prize pumpkin can't be found anywhere. "Do not worry Farmer Ben. The BEAR DETECTIVES will find it again!" But before they can get to work finding the pumpkin, Father Bear (and his old dog Snuff) appear wanting to help. Father Bear and Snuff then rush off along the road with very little clue of where they are going

Father Bear and Snuff lead the Bear Detectives all over. Before turning the case over to the Bear Detectives, they manage to check out a "cow, brown and white. Checked out a scarecrow after a fight." "Checked out a haystack. Three pigs in a pen...put the [hand] cuffs on Farmer Ben's hen."

Of course, as soon as Father Bear turns over the case, the Bear Detectives manage to find the thief, who really wasn't a thief, right away. As it turns out, Mrs. Ben had 'stolen' the pumpkin to make pumpkin pies, and everyone (including the chicken handcuffed to Father Bear) got a pie to eat.

This book flows nicely, and is told in rhyme. The pictures add a lot to the book. They exaggerate on the misfortunes of poor Father Bear as he searches for the pie. They also are bright, colorful and funny. The story is very cute.

Loggie-log-log-log

The Bear Detectives.......2002-12-11

In this book, the bears are looking for Farmer Ben's missing pumpkin. Papa Bear is also coming along to help, but he becomes more of a hazard. They look all over, following the clues they pick up, and the ones their dog Snuff does. And they finally find out who it is, it was Farmer Ben's wife. She made the pumpkin into pie. As they are looking for these clues, they are having fun. I liked this book as a child because it was a mystery, and I had to try to figure out who too the pumpkin.

Papa Bear does it again..!.......2002-12-03

In THE BEAR DETECTIVES, by Stan and Jan Berenstain, Farmer Ben's First Prize pumpkin goes missing and the Bear Detectives are called upon. Though guess who was standing about, you guessed it, Papa Bear. He takes his old dog Snuff this way and that, trying to find the pumpkin theif. In no time flat, he finds--A Cow?? A cow, then some pigs, and after that some pigs. Still not having learned his lesson yet, Papa Bear makes one mistake after another. A scarecrow, a haystack, and even a bunch of hens! In the end a crook was caught, though is it really a crook, or is it not? 3 stars out of 5.

How-to-Grow World Class Giant Pumpkins II: Sequel to the Classic Book on Growing Giant Pumpkins

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Great work, great photography and writing!
Don't go in the patch until you read this book, period!
WONDERFUL BOOK for giant pumpkin growers!

How-to-Grow World Class Giant Pumpkins II: Sequel to the Classic Book on Growing Giant Pumpkins
Don Langevin
Manufacturer: Annedawn Pub
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0963279351

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Great work, great photography and writing!.......2000-06-27

I really love a how-to book that uses great photos to illustrate. This book is perhaps that best that I have seen in this regard. The photos are simply superb. I think photos in a book like this should be one part "eye candy" to draw interest, and two parts used to illustrate a point or to inform. Again, this book is the best I've seen on this point.

The writing is also excellent. Its well researched and well written in a simple, yet pleasing style. Of course, if you're into growing giant pumpkins this book is absolutely essential, and you probably have it, or should get it. If you're not into pumpkins but want to write a "how-to" book, get this one to see the best.

Don't go in the patch until you read this book, period!.......1999-10-11

This colorful, informative book covers everything a grower needs to know to grow a pumpkin that will be the envy of the neighborhood. I give a tremendous amount of credit to this book for having helped me to grow an 819 pound pumpkin. If you have any desire to grow a giant pumpkin, then this book is worth its weight in gourds.

Read this book and start a hobby that will last a lifetime.

WONDERFUL BOOK for giant pumpkin growers!.......1998-11-22

I have read and enjoyed this book - more importantly the information was great in helping my pumpkins grow larger. The intended audience is one who wishes to grow BIG, and I mean BIG pumpkins. Growing large pumpkins can be done by anyone (with the help of this book). It is also a fun hobby that you can enjoy with your children. There is nothing like putting a 500+ pound orange jack-o-lantern on your front porch on Halloween and letting the neighborhood enjoy the sight of it. No one I have ever met does not smile when they see a big object like a giant pumpkin, it is guaranteed a great conversation piece. This book helps you learn about seed, soil, growing techniques, watering, and contests and even displaying your fruit after it is harvested. The author has spent lots of time fully researching this hobby and has done a great job of presenting the material of this unique endeavor to anyone who might enjoy gardening or growing large curabits. The pictures alone are worth the price of this book! This book is much better than World Class Giant Pumpkins the previous one by the same author. There are three or four other books or articles regarding this subject that are not as extensive as this one. If growing pumpkins is something you might enjoy or you have already tried to grow pumpkins and were not happy with the results this book will prove invaluable.

The Parable Series: The Pumpkin Patch Parable

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Interesting, but with questionable Theology
The Pumpkin Patch Parable
Helps children understand some great concepts!
Great story--nothing to do with Halloween
Just a thought on the book

The Parable Series: The Pumpkin Patch Parable
Liz Curtis Higgs
Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0785277226

Book Description

This charming story for children illustrates how a loving farmer can turn a simple pumpkin into a simply glorious sight. In the same way, God's transforming love can fill each of our hearts with joy and light. Liz Curtis Higgs created this parable as a way to share the Good News with her own precious children each harvest season. . .and now with children everywhere.

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Interesting, but with questionable Theology.......2007-06-22

This provides a way to introduce God into Halloween in a non-threatening way. It has some debatable theology associated with it, but I think that's only for the adults; I think the children will hear the overriding lessons and miss this aspect of the book.

God is in everything, and this book serves to remind us of that. Man's perspective can be small and petty, whereas God works through all things for good.

The Pumpkin Patch Parable.......2006-12-27

A wonderful book to read to children. Liz Curtis Higgs has a God-given insight which she uses to provide quality Christian picture books.

Helps children understand some great concepts!.......2006-11-29

My kids ages 2,3, and 4 love this book! (and the rest of the series) The Bible verses at the bottom of each page is a really nice touch. This past Halloween my oldest asked me to read her this book over and over again. She picked up a few great biblical concepts from our times of reading Pumpkin Patch Parable.

Great story--nothing to do with Halloween.......2005-10-29

This is a great story that can help people of all ages, even though geared to children, understand the message of the Gospel in a creative way. This doesn't have to be associated with the celebration of Halloween. I know that many people who profess to be Christians still like to celebrate Halloween and feel that this story helps to tie it to their faith. That shouldn't make this a bad book for those who don't think Halloween has a place in the lives of Christians. Putting a face on a pumpkin to do something fun during fall harvest is a spiritually neutral activity. It just doesn't have to be about Halloween. I am glad that people like Ms Higgs take the time to do something positive for this time of year--something that takes the focus OFF of Halloween.

Just a thought on the book.......2004-10-27

I think it's wonderful book and I'm a christian. Everything was made by god including pumpkins and carving pumpkins is fun. It does not have to be evil and the fact that you can do it and teach your child about god is wonderful. Just wondering if the people who judge the book as trying to turn evil into good buy christmas trees and decorate them?? Did you know that is also a Pagan tradition with roots not honoring god?? How many Christians buy and decorate Christmas trees?? I would say step back and look more closely at yourself before judging others. In the Bible we are not bound by law but by grace. How can anything that teaches about god be sinful?? It does not matter what people did thousands of years ago but it does matter that we honor god in our words and actions today. I don't see the harm in this book.

The Tales of Tiptoes Lightly: The Bee Who Lost His Buzz, Pumpkin Crow, Lucy Goose and the Half-Egg

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Great Bedtime Reading
My Children and I love this Book
A wonderful book for children!
A smashing success!!!

The Tales of Tiptoes Lightly: The Bee Who Lost His Buzz, Pumpkin Crow, Lucy Goose and the Half-Egg
Reg Down
Manufacturer: Trafford Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1412042119
Release Date: 2006-07-06

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Tiptoes Lightly lives in an acorn high up in the branches of a Great Oak Tree. One morning she finds a note lying on her floor. It says: "Please help! Bee has lost his Buzz!". She and her friend, Jeremy Mouse, set off down Running River to help the hapless bee. Mr. Cactus, being extra grumpy, indeed, extra thorny, has snagged Bee's buzz on one of his thorns. Thus begins the adventure that takes Tiptoes to the house of Pine Cone and Pepper Pot (they're not at home - just yet), down to the sea to untangle Octopus (he's too young to count his legs properly and gets them mixed up), and even up to Snowy Mountain to find out from Jack Frost himself whether he is a gnome (Pepper Pot says he's a gnome because he makes crystals) or a fairy (Tiptoes says he's a fairy because he flies through the air). Jack Frost tells his own creation myth which answers the question in a powerful and striking way.

The Tales of Tiptoes Lightly is comprised of three adventures: 'The Bee who lost his Buzz', 'Pumpkin Crow' and 'Lucy Goose and the Half-egg.' Lavishly and lovingly illustrated by the artist-author, they are humorous, sanguine and droll. They are innocent and magical nature tales, suitable for reading to young children or for young children to read.

Please visit trafford.com/05-0292, also by Reg Down.

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Great Bedtime Reading.......2006-12-03

My preschool children love this book. It works especially well at nap or bedtime, when each chapter can stand alone as a short story, but with a continuing story arc between chapters. The nature and fairy/gnome imagery works well within the Waldorf early childhood curriculum, and the stories have moments of humor to amuse parents as well.

My Children and I love this Book.......2006-11-16

This is a favorite in our house. We have read and reread this book during bedtime. Reg also wrote another book about Tiptoes that we love and highly recommend.

A wonderful book for children!.......2006-09-04

We got this book for our daughter when she was three. Now that she is four, she continues to love the stories in this trilogy and asks for them every night before bed. They are wonderfully written and short (a page or two), making them well suited for an evening bedtime story.

A smashing success!!!.......2005-04-23

"The Tales of Tiptoes Lightly" is an absolutely delightful little book of magical adventures. In today's world of technology and cartoons, Reg Down successfully creates a refreshing encounter with the brilliance of a child's world. The imaginative pictures, names, stories and characters blend into a canvas of wonder and delight suitable for the growing child and his imagination. I highly recommend this book to any parent who wishes their son or daughter to experience the wonders of childhood imaginings at their fullest and most vibrant.

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The Ugly Pumpkin
Fun to Read
Loved by the Whole Family
Awesome children's book
Fun Read With A Good Message

The Ugly Pumpkin

Manufacturer: Putnam Juvenile
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: B000NA1XYE

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I am the Ugly Pumpkin, as you can plainly see. Of one hundred thousand pumpkins, none are quite like me.

The Ugly Pumpkin has waited all through October for someone to take him home, but no one seems to want him. Sure, he's kind of funny-looking, and doesn't look like any of the other pumpkins, but why does everyone have to tease him so much? Even the trees make fun of him. So the poor, lonely Ugly Pumpkin leaves the patch in search of a place where he'll fit in. And sure enough, by the time Thanksgiving rolls around, he discovers the truth about who he is and finds exactly where he belongs—but it's not at all what he expected!
Dave Horowitz offers up a hilarious new twist on a classic Hans Christian Andersen tale.

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The Ugly Pumpkin.......2007-02-01

Book arrived promptly and in good condition. Cute story. Will be a birthday gift for a grandchild next fall.

Fun to Read.......2006-10-02

I have so much fun reading this book to my children. You can be very animated or not when reading. It's so fun to be animated when reading it to my small children. They get really excited when I do. I think this was such a good Halloween/Thanksgiving book that I'm interested in buying more books by this author. We absolutely love this book-even my football jock husband has fun reading it to our kids. Which is really funny to watch.

Loved by the Whole Family.......2006-09-07

My mother gave this book to my 4 year-old and 2 year-old. It quickly became the family favorite. We read and enjoyed it so much that the 4-year-old had it memorized and was "reading" it to us and anyone she came in contact with. This book should be in every toddler/preschoolers library.

Awesome children's book.......2005-10-06

It isn't often that I find a book that I am as enthused to read to my three-year-old son as he is to have it read to him. This is one of them. I picked it up at a local bookstore and from the first page, I was just delighted by the style of the art and the flow of the narrative. It is a simple story, but a classic one and I think it is a fantastic read for young kids. Definitely reccommended.

Fun Read With A Good Message.......2005-10-05

I am using this book for my third grade class and they love it! It is essentially the classic ugly duckling book with a holiday twist and leads to a lot of productive discussion in class. The way this version of the classic tale is written makes it a very fun read. The words become part of the image, the image becomes part of the words, and the kids have a lot of fun reading all of it out loud. The voice of the pumpkin definitely comes through in the unique narrative style. It's true that the pumpkin has no desire to be a jack-o-lantern, as a previous reviewer pointed out, but somehow this wasn't a problem to the kids or me. Why would they only like the book if the pumpkin were masochistic and wanted to be cut up? That one is a head scratcher for me. The only reason I give the book 4 stars rather than 5 is that the story is a bit simplistic, but so are most ugly duckling books written for young children. I definitely recommend this one for anyone looking for a book children will enjoy both reading on their own and being read to.

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The Pumpkin Book
The Pumpkin Book

The Pumpkin Book
Gail Gibbons
Manufacturer: Holiday house
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0823416364

Book Description

How they grow, their traditional uses and cultural significance.

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The Pumpkin Book.......1999-12-21

The Pumpkin Book will be a sure hit with teachers doing theme planning around October events. Ms. Gibbon blends factual information with enough interesting tidbits to keep the attention of even squirmy 2nd graders. Excellent color illustrations, and recommended for K through 3rd grades, as well as for the teachers.

The Pumpkin Book.......1999-12-21

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