Share the adventures of the Pucci family as they searh for the perfect pumpkin--only to find it in their own garden! Then use the recipe inside to make your own perfect pumpkin pie.

How they grow, their traditional uses and cultural significance.

Discusses planting a pumpkin patch and the uses for pumpkins, including pumpkin pie and jack-o-lanterns.

Once, after a bountiful pumpkin harvest, as four brothers dispose of unneeded seeds, the seeds suddenly go flying with the wind and cover the town below, but the brothers think nothing more about it.

"Easy-to-use peekaboo sliders, a funny rhyming text and surprise mirror ending combine in this stylish and interactive board book for babies and toddlers! With a total of 10 smooth mechanisms to push, pull or turn on every spread this beautiful book is packed full of Halloween fun!"--Publisher's description.

From seed to jack-o'-lantern, Ken Robbins's beautiful book captures the emblem of Halloween: the pumpkin. From late summer to Thanksgiving, pumpkins are everywhere, a symbol of fall and a reminder of the holidays to come. In this handsome book, Ken Robbins-widely known for his sumptuous photo-essays on subjects ranging from trucks to tools to autumn leaves-portrays the pumpkin from seed, to sprout, to flower, to fully fledged fruit, and back again....

A group of children sets out on a secret nighttime hunt for the biggest pumpkin they can find, encountering a scary jack-o'-lantern, overcoming their fears and other obstacles, until they return home to--pumpkin pie.

Spookley is ridiculed for his odd shape until his uniqueness saved the day.

Eva Wingdale and her class are excited about their trip to Poppy's Pumpkin Farm, where every year, there is one very large, extra special, thank-you pumpkin; but on the second day of the visit the owls find that the Thank-you Pumpkin has gone missing, and the farm animals are in an uproar -- so Eva and the other owls turn detective to solve the mystery of the missing pumpkin.