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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! This book needs to be returned. 

By: Robin Koontz

Pumpkin Circle

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Resource Description

Come find out how a garden grows, as an amazing cycle unfolds in a backyard pumpkin patch. From seed to ripened fruit this book has stunning photos of what it’s like to be in the garden as a pumpkin patch comes to life. This story is complete with a “How to Grow a Pumpkin” page on the last page of the book. Great book for the fall school year.

 

Also available in Spanish here.

By: George Levenson

Pumpkin Circle

https://oregonaitc.org/resource/pumpkin-circle/

Resource Description

Come find out how a garden grows, as an amazing cycle unfolds in a backyard pumpkin patch. From seed to ripened fruit this book has stunning photos of what it’s like to be in the garden as a pumpkin patch comes to life. This story is complete with a “How to Grow a Pumpkin” page on the last page of the book. Great book for the fall school year.

This book is available in Spanish under El Circulo de Las Calabazas: Historia de Un Huerto / Pumpkin Circle. This book needs to be returned. 

By: George Levenson

Pumpkins

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Resource Description

This is a story about a field and a man who loved it enough to do something to save it from development. Based on the author’s personal efforts to protect the land, this story broadcasts a deliberate and timely environmental message that, like the intentionally nameless protagonist, anyone can make a difference. This book needs to be returned. 

By: Mary Lyn Ray

Vegetables, Vegetables – Rookie Read Series

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Resource Description

This book is part of the Rookie Read Series. This focuses on vegetables. These are easy to read, perfect for beginning readers to learn about agriculture.

This book needs to be returned. 

By: Allan Fowler

Too Many Pumpkins

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Resource Description

Rebecca Estelle has hated pumpkins ever since she was a girl. When an enormous pumpkin falls off a truck and smashes in her yard, she shovels dirt over the pieces and forgets about them. But those slimy pumpkin smithereens sprout up in autumn, and Rebecca Estelle finds herself with a sea pumpkins. What will she do with so many pumpkins, when she can’t stand the sight of even one?

By: Linda White