When the little boy’s beloved jack-o-lantern starts to get moldy, he has to put it out in the garden. Love this “circle of life” story about a pumpkin.

I would use this book for sequencing, “how to” writing, the life cycle of a pumpkin. Fun way to learn about how pumpkins grow. Great non-fiction book about pumpkins using interesting photographs and clever rhyming text. Pumpkin Life Cycles Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden– George Levinson I would use this for predicting and sequencing. Where will they find one? This would make a great, interactive read-a-long for your littles. This gently spooky twist on “The Itsy Bitsy Spider” makes a favorite nursery rhyme just perfect for your littles on Halloween! Don’t be surprised if you hear “Again! Again!” after this one is finished! Duck and Goose Find a Pumpkin – Tadd Hillsįavorite, feathery friends Duck & Goose look everywhere for a pumpkin-in the apple tree, in the leaf pile, inside a hollow log…. GORGEOUS illustrations! The Itsy Bitsy Pumpkin– Sonali Fry Basically this is the “Ugly Duckling” pumpkin style! I would use this book to teach unique characteristics and empathy. One of my favorite pumpkin stories! Poor Stumpkin is perfect in every way EXCEPT he has no stem! As he watches his friends one by one be chosen to be turned into lucky Jack-O-lanterns, Stumpkin worries that no one will want him. I would use this book for story mapping and retell, event story deconstruction, and problem solving! Stumpkin – Lucy Ruth Cummins The smallest of they crew knew how to get the job done. The pumpkin is so big no one can move it until they work together. Halloween is a few weeks away and excitement is already building! Why not use feature everyone’s favorite orange squash into some of your content lessons? From life cycles in science to estimates in Math, to empathy in SEL- it’s a perfect time to integrate pumpkins into your curriculum! I have also included a few chapter books at the end of the post! Pumpkin Stories Big Pumpkin – Erica SilvermanĪ cute book about a witch trying to make a pumpkin pie.

The longest day by wendy pfeffer