Pick a Pumpkin

Pick a pumpkin from the patch - tall and lean or short and fat. Vivid orange, ghostly white, or speckled green, might be just right...Illustrated by the winner of the V&A Best Illustrated Book 2017It's Halloween! Which means it's time to dangle cobwebs and bats from the windows, put on costumes, and - most important of all - visit the pumpkin patch and pick out that perfect pumpkin! Then cart it home, scoop out the insides, carve a scary face, and finally light a candle inside, transforming it into a one-of-a-kind, glowing jack-o'-lantern.With warm, autumnal art, and a rhythmic read-aloud text that captures all the excitement and familial feeling of Halloween, this is the perfect book to share by flickering candlelight on the spookiest night of the year.

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Patricia Toht once owned a children's bookshop called Never Never Land, before turning a love of books into a love of writing. She is the author of Pick a Pine Tree, Pick a Pumpkin, Pick a Perfect Egg and Together With You, all illustrated by Jarvis, All Aboard the London Bus, illustrated by Sam Usher and Taxi, Go! illustrated by Maria Karipidou. She has contributed fiction, non-fiction and poetry to numerous children's magazines. She lives in California, USA. Find her online at patriciatoht.com and on X @PatriciaToht.

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Pick a pumpkin from the patch *- tall and lean or short and fat. Vivid orange, ghostly white, or speckled green, might be just right...***
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Illustrated by** the winner of the V&A Best Illustrated Book 2017

It's Halloween! Which means it's time to dangle cobwebs and bats from the windows, put on costumes, and - most important of all - visit the pumpkin patch and pick out that perfect pumpkin! Then cart it home, scoop out the insides, carve a scary face, and finally light a candle inside, transforming it into a one-of-a-kind, glowing jack-o'-lantern.

With warm, autumnal art, and a rhythmic read-aloud text that captures all the excitement and familial feeling of Halloween, this is the perfect book to share by flickering candlelight on the spookiest night of the year.

"[...] perfectly captures that sense of misty autumnal days [...] Warm autumnal colours and a rhythmic rhyming text capture the fun and excitement of Halloween." Bookseller
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"One to share on a crisp October night and to treasure, year after year." BookTrust**