The Littlest Pumpkin

We have this book in our Halloween collection and while I find it "mediocre", my 3-year old daughter is enthralled with it. I think she loves the story of something that is so "little" finding all its dreams coming true!! (She loves to quote that part at the end...when all the pumpkin's dreams come......more

Text-to-Teaching Connection This book has a wonderful message, the littlest pumpkin dreams of becoming a jack-o'-lantern. She thinks her dream won't come true after the pumpkin patch closes on Halloween night, but in the end she has a wonderful surprise. I would read this book before a class fieldtrip......more

I loved the perspective of this book. I thought it would have a different ending than it did. I could always use this as a motivational book to students that have been feeling discouraged. I could also read this book aloud when it gets closer to Halloween.......more

All is well at Bartlett's Farm Stand, and the Littlest Pumpkin has high hopes for this Halloween. She dreams of being picked and carved into the most spectacular Jack-O-Lantern. Will she get picked? Find out in this spooktacular picture book! The illustrations are great and pair with the story perfe......more