- Turtleback
- Publisher: Demco Media (April 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0606280200
- ISBN-13: 978-0606280204
- Product Dimensions: 24.8 x 22.2 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 363 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 2-The development of a pumpkin seed into a plant, pumpkin, jack-o'-lantern, and, completing the circle, back to seed again, is the subject of this colorful book. Photos show a child sitting on a huge mound of pumpkins, a magnified view of the inside of the fruit with its pulp and seeds, tendrils of a plant stretching across two pages, a Georgia O'Keeffe-like view into the center of a blossom, and the lighted grin of a beautiful jack-o'-lantern. Unfortunately, the text is written in badly rhyming verse: "One big pumpkin family, five varieties,/each one started from/different pumpkin seeds." Straightforward directions for growing pumpkins appear on the last page. Jeanne Titherington's Pumpkin, Pumpkin (Greenwillow, 1986) is less flashy, more artistic, and more appealing to young listeners.
Carolyn Jenks, First Parish Unitarian Church, Portland, ME
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Carolyn Jenks, First Parish Unitarian Church, Portland, ME
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Kirkus Reviews
For those who have seen the charming video of the same name, this will be an unhappy example of what happens when one medium is translated into another. Those who come to this without preconceived notions, however, will find glorious full-color photographs that capture pumpkin marvels, from the mountain of golden orange delights with a girl perched on them to the gorgeous close-ups of green sprouts, feathery buds, and full yellow flowers. The singsong text is often clumsy, rhyming ``seeds'' with ``leaves,'' ``hair'' with ``appear,'' and ``vine'' with ``time.'' The fascinating story of the growth of the pumpkin (and the pumpkin patch), from seed to jack-o-lantern, and then back, decaying, into the earth, is more fully conveyed in the pictures. (Picture book. 4-8) -- Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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The pumpkin seed makes the pumpkin plant, and the pumpkin plant makes pumpkins. Read the first page
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The pumpkin seed makes the pumpkin plant, and the pumpkin plant makes pumpkins. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden (Hardcover)
I bought this book for my 2yr old and he loves it! My 4yr old loves it too. It does a great job teaching kids the cycle of life. The photos are wonderful and the story is simple enough to keep little ones interested, yet gives a great explanation about the circle of life.
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Amazing Visuals,
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This review is from: Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden (Hardcover)
A wonderful, graphic book about the circle of life. Why are kids so fascinated by pumpkins? Take a look at this visually intense book and see why. The photographs are definitely the feature here, but the text is not bad either, and keeps it at just about the right pace for a 3-5 year old audience.
5.0 out of 5 stars
wonderful!,
By joy batashoff (new york) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden (Hardcover)
I love this book. The photos are great! It has quickly become one of my daughter's favorites!
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