Big Pumpkin

Last updated Monday, March 25, 2002

Author: Erica Silverman
Illustrator: S.D. Schindler
Date of Publication:
ISBN: 002782683X
Grade Level: 4th
Date(s) Used: Oct. 1999, Oct. 2000, Oct. 2001

Synopsis: A witch plants a pumpkin seed but when the pumpkin grows too big, a series of large, creepy creatures come to move it. A bat finally uses cooperation to solve the problem. Delightful, shivery illustrations by S.D. Schindler. A chain story with rhyming, repetitive language that is ideal for acting out, for discussing cooperation and planting seeds, and for reading aloud on Halloween.

Craft ideas:

• What's another way they could have gotten the pumpkin to the front door? Draw.
• Make big witch's hats and act out the story.