It’s a scary (actually might be too scary for young children) one though and it frightens them off. But, in this version, the animals are out on a spooky night trying to find a pumpkin. We’re Going on a Pumpkin Hunt by Mary Wilcox will remind you of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. We see things come full circle when the child carves the pumpkin and saves some seeds for planting next year. Pumpkin Pumpkinby Jeanne Titherington takes us through the growing season of a pumpkin.

Watch the life cycle of the pumpkin with vivid descriptions and lots of photograph support.īefore you cut into a pumpkin with the kids read How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? by Margaret McNamara to the children. Get up close to watching every detail of a pumpkin from seed to harvest in Pumpkin Circle by George Levenson. This is NOT a Pumpkin by Bob Staake leads us through all the descriptors of pumpkins and you’ll be convinced that it really is a pumpkin, but then we see another side of the pumpkin and realize it is something else now. But, then Stumpkin realizes he has had a special home all along. Stumpkin by Lucy Ruth Cummins is the story of one practically perfect pumpkin at the pumpkin stand as he watches all the other pumpkins find places as jack-o-lanterns in windows. Pick A Pumpkin by Patricia Toht takes readers to the pumpkin patch to find that perfect pumpkin followed by all the fun that happens once you get it home. This non-fiction title works well for younger children. Children will countdown from 20 and pick up lots of fun facts on the endpapers.Ĭarving a Jack-o’-Lantern (Sequencing Stories) by Meg Gaertner walks kids step-by-step from getting a pumpkin to carving it to setting the jack-o-lantern on the porch. Pumpkin Countdown by Joan Holub is all about a class getting ready for the pumpkin patch field trip. The real prize of the contest is a budding friendship. They each have different growing techniques that produce different results. The Great Pumpkin Contest by Angie Rozeleaar is the story of two neighbor cats both growing pumpkins for a local contest. So, I’ve divided this list into two sections for those of you who need books with a non-Halloween focus. Let’s roll right into these children’s books about pumpkins.įull Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Either way, I’ve got a list of pumpkin reads that will take you all the way through fall. Just give me the real thing to sit on my porch. Are you camp everything pumpkin? Pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin cereal, pumpkin candy, pumpkin-flavored everything! Or, are you camp no pumpkin flavors.

Pumpkin Cat by Anne Mortimer