Pumpkins

While making pumpkin soup, three friends discover they have no salt and go to the city to buy some, but while Cat and Squirrel head straight to the salt store, Duck pauses at a pepper shop, then fears he will never see his friends again.

Charlie, the smallest child in his first grade class, is amazed to discover that of the three pumpkins his teacher brings to school, the tiniest one has the most seeds.

Rhyming text and illustrations demonstrate how many pumpkins it takes to fill a wagon and how quickly they add up each time the number is doubled.

The townspeople must decide what to do with thousands of pumpkins that roll down a hill and into their midst just before Halloween.

A bunny family picks pumpkins at a local farm and learns pumpkin facts in the process.

"Photographs and simple text show a pumpkin's life cycle, from its form as a seed being planted to the end of its growth period"-- "Read and find out about how pumpkins grow from a tiny yellow seed to a pumpkin in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book. This is a clear and appealing environmental science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom. Plus it includes includes a find out more section with activities...

Presents a history of pumpkins, how they are grown, their nutritional value, and recipes using pumpkin.

A simple introduction to how a pumpkin grows from seed to fruit.

Rhyming text and photographs follow a pumpkin patch as it grows and changes, from seeds to plants to pumpkins ready to harvest, to jack-o-lanterns and then to seeds again.

Photographs show the lifespan of a pumpkin from a tiny seed to a blooming vine to a small gourd, and finally to a carved jack-o-lantern lighting up a dark Halloween night.