pumpkins

Describes the history of pumpkins, their importance at Halloween, and their nutritional value, and includes recipes for pumpkin pie and toasted pumpkin seeds.

Rhyming text and photographs follow a pumpkin patch as it grows and changes, from seeds to plants to pumpkins ready to harvest, to jack-o-lanterns and then to seeds again.

Pumpkin heads and jack-o-lanterns of all varieties abound when Halloween comes around.

Pumpkin heads and jack-o-lanterns of all varieties abound when Halloween comes around.

The Baxter brothers find a wonderful pumpkin for Halloween, but first they must catch up with it when it rolls down the hill.

Geronimo Stilton teams up with Hercule Poirat to determine the identity of the thief who has stolen all the pumpkins in New Mouse City just days before Halloween.

Provides information about pumpkins, explaining what they are, and how they are grown, harvested, and used.

Rhyming text and photographs follow a pumpkin patch as it grows and changes, from seeds to plants to pumpkins ready to harvest, to jack-o-lanterns and then to seeds again.

Hoping to win a prize for the best pumpkin at the fiesta, Foolish Fernando tries to copy Old Juana's successful gardening techniques, but without really watching to see how much effort and love she puts into her work. Includes a recipe for pumpkin soup.