Pick a Pumpkin
Patricia Toht
Hardcover
(Walker Books, Sept. 5, 2019)
Pick a pumpkin from the patch β tall and lean or short and fat. Vivid orange, ghostly white, or speckled green, might be just right...Illustrated by the winner of the V&A Best Illustrated Book 2017Itβs Halloween! Which means it's time to dangle cobwebs and bats from the windows, put on costumes, and β most important of all β visit the pumpkin patch and pick out that perfect pumpkin! Then cart it home, scoop out the insides, carve a scary face, and finally light a candle inside, transforming it into a one-of-a-kind, glowing jack-oβ-lantern...With warm, autumnal art, and a rhythmic read-aloud text that captures all the excitement and familial feeling of Halloween, this is the perfect book to share by flickering candlelight on the spookiest night of the year.
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