Runaway Pumpkins
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- $19.99
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
Roll into pumpkin season this autumn with a fall favorite perfect for storytime.
A field trip to the pumpkin patch almost ends in disaster in this rollicking picture book tale of resourcefulness and resilience. Perfect for preschoolers and early elementary schoolers.
The old adage of "when life hands you lemons, make lemonade" is reborn with pumpkins! When a bumpy road and a faulty bus storage lock release a load of handpicked pumpkins back into the wild, the students on a field trip are left with a single pumpkin. Pluckily, they decide to take what they have and do what they can. Together they decorate the only surviving pumpkin for their harvest fair.
But good fortune comes knocking the next day when a group of kind neighbors arrives at the school. They found the smashed pumpkins and turned them into celebratory seasonal fare, perfect for sharing: yummy soup, cake, pie, and even fries!
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A class field trip to the local pumpkin patch has an unexpected and tasty ending in this seasonal romp. Once their bus unloads at a farm, "Students run and point and call./ It's turned into a free-for-all!" Their carefully selected squashes loaded into the bus's lower storage bins, the excited children scamper on board for the bouncy ride back to school, visions of jack-o'-lanterns in their heads. But unbeknownst to the passengers, "latches holding hatches tight/ were almost fastened,/ but not quite," leaving the prized pumpkins crash-landed in a quiet cul-de-sac. Bewildered but undaunted, kids and teachers jointly decorate the lone large remaining pumpkin and take it to the harvest fair, where the mystery of their disappearing pumpkins is solved in delicious fashion. Coleman employs a spectrum of evocative autumn colors in cheerful illustrations, and Bateman's jaunty rhymes help convey the crisp air of a festive fall day. Ages 3 7.
