From Seed to Pumpkin


Book Description

Pumpkins can be baked in a pie. Pumpkins can be carved into jack-o'-lanterns. Pumpkin seeds can be roasted for a healthy snack. But how does a tiny seed turn into a big pumpkin? Read and find out what a pumpkin seed needs to help it grow!




Life Cycle of a ... Pumpkin


Book Description

This revised edition shows children how familiar plants and animals develop over their lifetimes. Illustrated with high-quality photos and illustrations, a timeline runs across the bottom of each page for quick reference.




Seed to Pumpkin (Growing Up)


Book Description

Each living thing in nature follows a life cycle. Come with us as we explore growing up from seed to pumpkin! A seed sprouts into a vine with pretty blossoms. Soon a bright orange pumpkin will be ready to pick. Get an up-close look at the life cycle of this festive fall fruit-from seed to pumpkin-all in the pages of this book.ABOUT THIS SERIES:Every living thing goes through changes as it grows. Tiny seeds grow into huge pumpkins, beautiful apple trees or tall sunflowers. Little eggs can turn into chickens or frogs. And beautiful butterflies begin life as fuzzy caterpillars. The books in the Growing Up series offer kids the chance to learn what happens at each stage of these life cycles. Engaging text, fascinating facts, and beautiful photos complete these books where readers will discover how the process of a new life starting is always fascinating.




The Pumpkin Book


Book Description

"Narrator Polly Collier is very good. Her strong, clear voice makes her sound much like a teacher, and I appreciated her explanation to young listeners that she would be reading the text portion of a picture book...It's a wonderful book, full of interesting trivia..." - AudioFile




Seed, Sprout, Pumpkin, Pie


Book Description

Discusses how pumpkins grow, the different varieties of pumpkins, and the many ways people use them.




Pumpkin Jack


Book Description

When his beloved jack-o'-lantern starts to decompose, Tim puts it outside and watches it transform from pumpkin—to seed—to pumpkin again. The first pumpkin Tim ever carved was fierce and funny, and he named it Jack. When Halloween was over and the pumpkin was beginning to rot, Tim set it out in the garden and throughout the weeks he watched it change. By spring, a plant began to grow! Will Hubbell's gentle story and beautifully detailed illustrations give an intimate look at the cycle of life.




Watch a Pumpkin Grow


Book Description

In Watch a Pumpkin Grow, early fluent readers learn how pumpkins grow. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn about how this plant is grown and harvested.




Max Plants a Seed


Book Description

Presents the concept of a sunflower's life cycle through Max's planting experience.




It's Pumpkin Time!


Book Description

A sister and brother plant and tend their own pumpkin patch so they will have jack-o-lanterns for Halloween.




The Pumpkin Seed's Secret


Book Description

A pumpkin life cycle book with hominess and heart! In this rhyming picture book about the life cycle of a pumpkin, a pumpkin becomes something new with each turn of the page, from a flower to a house to a face. Extensive back matter on the pumpkin life cycle, fun pumpkin facts, and a pumpkin seed recipe are included. A perfect book for both home and school libraries. An excellent gift for Halloween or any time of year! A pumpkin is a seed. A plain little seed with a secret inside, A pocket, a pip with a new life to hide. To hide and to hold As springtime unfolds, A pumpkin begins as a seed. A pumpkin is a sprout. A curious sprout with one leaf and then two, A budding, a nudging, a slow peekaboo. Happy for rain And sunshine again, A pumpkin pops out as a sprout.