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  • Published: 2 November 2021
  • ISBN: 9781580899352
  • Imprint: Charlesbridge Children
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $22.99

Pumpkin Heads




The perfect Halloween book for kids, this fall picture books celebrates picking pumpkins and carving them into pumpkin heads--jack-o'-lanterns of every shape and size!

The perfect Halloween book for kids, this fall picture books celebrates picking pumpkins and carving them into pumpkin heads--jack-o'-lanterns of every shape and size!

Award-winning author and artist Wendell Minor uses simple language and striking autumn settings to celebrate jack-o'-lanterns in this reissue of a Halloween classic. The perfect holiday read aloud, Pumpkin Heads takes readers and trick-or-treaters from the pumpkin patch for picking, all the way home for carving, and gets everyone in the Halloween spirit.

  • Published: 2 November 2021
  • ISBN: 9781580899352
  • Imprint: Charlesbridge Children
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $22.99

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Praise for Pumpkin Heads

Praise for Pumpkin Heads

  • "This visually stunning book is sure to be a favorite autumn read-aloud."--SLJ
  • "Young readers will enjoy the tour of places where pumpkin heads appear . . . chief delights of this book, for all readers, are the jolly, jokey carvings . . ."--Booklist
Praise for How Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow
  • "Playing with scale and prompting readers to think big ensures a quick and entertaining tour to awesome sights."--Kirkus
  • "The autumnal orange of the pumpkins stands out among the more subdued greens and blues of Minor's gouache and watercolor illustrations, their full-page dimensions well suited for sharing this book with a group."--SLJ
  • "With a text that asks leading questions, this picture book makes a fine, imaginative read-aloud choice for classrooms in the fall."--Booklist

Praise for Pumpkin Heads

  • "This visually stunning book is sure to be a favorite autumn read-aloud."--SLJ
  • "Young readers will enjoy the tour of places where pumpkin heads appear . . . chief delights of this book, for all readers, are the jolly, jokey carvings . . ."--Booklist

  • Praise for How Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow
  • "Playing with scale and prompting readers to think big ensures a quick and entertaining tour to awesome sights."--Kirkus
  • "The autumnal orange of the pumpkins stands out among the more subdued greens and blues of Minor's gouache and watercolor illustrations, their full-page dimensions well suited for sharing this book with a group."--SLJ
  • "With a text that asks leading questions, this picture book makes a fine, imaginative read-aloud choice for classrooms in the fall."--Booklist
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