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El Circulo de Las Calabazas: Historia de Un Huerto / Pumpkin Circle

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Resource Description

This treat of a picture book comes cloaked in the colors of fall. Bouncy verses and glowing photographs show a backyard pumpkin patch move through its natural cycle; seeds sprouting, flowers blooming, bees buzzing, pumpkins growing . . .and then going back to earth. Also includes an author’s note explaining how to grow your own pumpkin!

 

This book is available in English under Pumpkin Circle. This book will need to be returned.

By: George Levenson, Shmuel Thaler, Alberto Jimenez Rioja

From Seed to Pumpkin

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Resource Description

Emerging readers will enjoy the simple text that describes how a seed grows into a pumpkin. Large print, colorful pictures and bold vocabulary words make this book easy for students to read and understand.

By: Allan Fowler

From Seed to Pumpkin (Let’s Read and Find Out Science 1)

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Resource Description

In the fall, pumpkins are everywhere: in the garden, in the supermarkets, and on doorsteps. But many students do not know how they grow from a tiny yellow seed to a pumpkin? This book brings readers into the pumpkin patch to show them how little seeds transform into big pumpkins.

This book needs to be returned. 

By: Wendy Pfeffer

From Seed to Pumpkin– Welcome Book

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Resource Description

Emerging readers will enjoy the simple text that describes how a seed grows into a pumpkin. Large print, colorful pictures and bolded vocabulary words make this book easy for students to read and understand. This book will need to be returned.

By: Allan Fowler

How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin

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Resource Description

Here is an adorable picture book for curious kids, which explores skip counting and estimation in a fun pumpkin-themed classroom experiment. This book makes a wonderful read-aloud companion to any math or science curriculum, and it’s a fun way to reinforce counting skills at home.

By: Margaret NeNara

How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?

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Resource Description

Here is an adorable picture book for curious kids, which explores skip counting and estimation in a fun pumpkin-themed classroom experiment. “How many seeds are in a pumpkin?” Mr. Tiffin asks his class as they gather around the big, medium, and small pumpkins on his desk. Robert, the biggest kid, guesses that the largest one has a million seeds; Elinor, sounding like she knows what she’s talking about, guesses the medium one has 500 seeds; and Anna, who likes even numbers better than odd ones, guesses that the…This is a great read which pairs with our Pumpkin Math Lessons. This book will need to be returned.

By: Margaret NeNara

It’s a Fruit, It’s a Vegetable, It’s a Pumpkin – Rookie Read Series

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Resource Description

This book is part of the Rookie Read Series and focuses on pumpkin. These are easy to read, perfect for beginning readers to learn about agriculture. This book will need to be returned.

By: Allan Fowler

Kids’ Pumpkin Projects

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Resource Description

Make pumpkin pie ice cream, track your pumpkins’ vine growth, make pumpkin tattoos, how to grow giant pumpkins, write pumpkin stories, make a pumpkin bed and much much more! This book needs to be returned. 

By: Deanna Cook

Pick a Perfect Pumpkin

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Resource Description

Autumn is time to harvest pumpkins. Come along on a trip to a pumpkin farm. Learn where pumpkins come from and how to store them. But watch out for the scary jack-o’-lanterns!

By: Robin Koontz