Pick a Pumpkin by Patricia Toht, illustrated by Jarvis. PICTURE BOOK/HOLIDAY. Candlewick Press, 2019. $17. 9781536207644
BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
In this gently rhyming book, a family picks out a pumpkin from a pumpkin patch and, after bring it home, carves it with neighbors. The book ends with the family dressing up in costumes and going trick-or-treating, their jack-o-lantern waiting at home while they walk the street.
This book is pleasant, but much too slowly paced. The matte pages are beautifully illustrated and the writing has a calmly clipped pace. Nothing very interesting happens in this exploration of the life of a pumpkin during Halloween.
Jen Wecker, HS English Teacher
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