Books with title The Ugly Pumpkin

"Cathleen Young's characters will forever have a place in my heart." --Holly Goldberg Sloan, author of Counting by 7sFormer best friends compete to see who can grow the biggest pumpkin and win the annual giant pumpkin race on the lake. A great pick for fans of Half a Chance and Gertie's Leap to Greatness.At the end of every summer, Madeline Island hosts its famous pumpkin race. All summer, adults and kids across the island grow giant, thousand-pound pumpkins, then hollow one out and paddle in it across the lake to the cheers of the entire town. Twelve-year-old Billie loves to win; she has a bulletin board overflowing with first-prize ribbons. Her best friend Sam doesn't care much about winning, or at least Billie didn't think so until last summer's race, when his pumpkin crashed into hers as she was about to cross the finish line and he won. This summer, Billie is determined to get revenge by growing the best and biggest pumpkin and beating Sam in the race. It's a tricky science to grow pumpkins, since weather, bugs, and critters can wipe out a crop. Then a surprise visit from a long-lost relative shakes things up, and Billie begins to see her family, and her bond with Sam, in a new way.

In time for Thanksgiving, a wacky twist on The Ugly Duckling. The Ugly Pumpkin has waited all through October for someone to take him home, but no one wants him. He doesn?t look like other pumpkins. So the lonely Ugly Pumpkin leaves the patch in search of a place where he?ll fit in. By the time Thanksgiving arrives, he discovers the truth about who he is?but it?s not what he expected!

The Pumpkin Sea tells a story about a father and son in search of the perfect pumpkin. Set at a fall pumpkin festival in northwest, Illinois, the boy encounters many obstacles during the search.No matter how many problems the child faces, he continues to strive forward in search of his "prized" pumpkin. As in life the boy learns a valuable lesson: Patience and persistence pay off. Even in a pumpkin patch, never give up.

This is a story that has waited for years to be told, but the memory of it is as alive as if it were yesterday. It happened to two young boys, Jeff and Gregg, some years ago in the small town where they lived. It was the end of October, on that famous last day of the month known as Halloween.Jeff and Gregg were ten years old, and while ten may not seem very old, they had finally reached the age when they could accomplish their secret goal - to trick or treat every house in town! This would be a record-setting Halloween, one they could brag about for the rest of their lives - assuming of course they lived to tell about it.This is a story that's sure to warm the hearts of young and old alike as they relive the memories of their own Halloween adventures. Follow the story of Jeff and Gregg as they attempt to reach their goal in the face of unexpected danger!