26th October Pumpkin Day

Tomorrow is Pumpkin Day, a day that probably has more significance in the  Northern Hemisphere because there, it is time to harvest pumpkins, but they are very visible here in the Southern Hemisphere because it will soon be Halloween and pumpkins play a big role in Halloween festivities. I have written about this day before, but not for a long time. 

We have a lot of books in the library that feature pumpkins! We have quite a few nonfiction titles because of life cycles and growing, both popular areas of inquiry in Early Childhood Education and a lot of fiction because of Halloween. So this is the time to go all out with a pumpkin display in the library. See what the library has on Pinterest here. There are some fun craft and art activities here to.

Best nonfiction:

Lifecycles and pumpkin information:   

  

• From Seed to Pumpkin  by Wendy Pfeffer             

• Pumpkins  by Robin Nelson

• Pumpkin  by Brenda McHale

• Pumpkins  by Jacqueline Farmer

• Seed, Sprout, Pumpkin Pie by Jill Esbaum

• From Seed to Pumpkin by Crystal Sikkens

• Let's Look at Pumpkins  by Katie Peters

• Pumpkins  by Jacqueline Farmer

• Pumpkin Circle  by George Levenson

• Seed, Sprout, Pumpkin Pie by Jill Esbaum

Halloween non-fiction:

•  Making a  Jack-o'-Lantern: step by step  by Angelique Johnson

• The Story of the Jack O'Lantern  by Katherine Kegan

• Halloween  by Laura Marsh

• Halloween  by Pierre-Marie Valat 

And most importantly fun fiction:

• How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?  by Margaret McNamara and Brian Karas

• We Planted a Pumpkin by Rob Ramadan

• Five Little Pumpkins by Ben Mantle (there are other versions)

• Christopher Pumpkin by Sue Hendra, Paul Linnet and Nick East

• The Pumpkin Who was Afraid of the Dark by Michelle Robinson and Mike Byrne

• Pick a Pumpkin  by Patricia Toht and Jarvis

• Pumpkin Eye  by Denise Fleming

• Pumpkin Trouble  by Jan Thomas 

And some short chapter books:

• Lottie and Dottie Grow Pumpkins by Claire Burgess

• Invisible Inkling Dangerous Pumpkins  by Emily Jenkins

• Nelson Pumpkins and Aliens  by Andrew Levins 

• Andy Shane and the Pumpkin Trick by Jennifer Richardson Jacobson

• The Pug Who Wanted to be a Pumpkin  by Bella Swift

• Pumpkin Power  by Patricia Cleveland-Peck

• The Pumpkin Project by Katie Smith