Frank Carlson Library

When Halloween comes around, pumpkins are turned into pumpkin heads of different kinds and greet trick-or-treaters.

Lucy and Sparkle are excited to carve their Halloween pumpkins, but things suddenly take a spooky turn.

When Miss Blue's class goes on a field trip to a pumpkin patch, the students find many ways to have fun, and a lot of things to count. It's time to pick pumpkins! Mrs. Blue's class is on its way to the pumpkin patch. Count down from 20 name tags to 12 animals in the petting zoo. Next count 8 orange pumpkins, tall. 7 yellow pumpkins, bumpy. 6 pumpkins, green and white. And lots that are just right! Finally, the day is done and the children line up...

When Field Mouse and Squirrel find a big, round, orange object in the road their friends disagree about what it is, but soon it becomes the life of the party.

"Imagine a huge pumpkin. Now think even bigger! Every year, giant pumpkins take home blue ribbons at fairs across the country. People even carve the most enormous ones into racing boats. But what's next? Why not think really big?"

"Once upon a time as day turned to night, A little girl stepped out into the twilight. The wind said SWOOSH and the gate went CREAK, The owl cried WHOOOO and the night sighed EEEK!" "Join goblins, ghosts, witches, and more in this rhythmic countdown, traveling through the countryside and discovering more Halloween creatures along the way. Finally, the story culminates with them all joining together in a joyful celebration under the full harvest moon,...

"It's Halloween, and Peppa wants to take her pumpkin to school! But the pumpkin is so giant, how will she get it there?"--back cover.

Daniel Tiger visits a pumpkin patch and must decide which pumpkin is perfect for him and his family.

Spookley is ridiculed for his odd shape until his uniqueness saves the day.

"Short, rhyming lines take a family of cats through each step of carving jack-o-lanterns: visiting the pumpkin patch and taking home their selections; cleaning out the seeds and slime; drawing designs; carving; and lighting their completed lanterns. After a fun evening of trick-or-treating at the neighbors' houses, it's home to bed."--